It is almost impossible to make a clear and accurate statement about chemistry without resorting to the language of weights and measures.
It is almost impossible to make a clear and accurate plan of scientific research without first performing the experiments.
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Antoine Lavoisier
French chemist born in 1743 who discovered the law of conservation of mass, named oxygen, and demolished phlogiston theory. He is called the father of modern chemistry. Executed during the French Revolution.
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