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V. Chemistry
Boyle
- a. 17th and 18th century
- b. Robert Boyleà Boyle’s law: volume of gas varies with pressure exerted on it
- i. Rejected medieval belief that all matter made of same componentsà view that matter composed of atoms
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V. Chemistry
Lavoisier
- a. Antoine Lavoisier
- i. Invented system of naming chemical elements
- ii. In helping show that water is a compound, he demonstrated the fundamental rules of chemical combination and is the founder of modern chemistry
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V. Chemistry
Wife of Lavoisier
- 1. Wife, Marie-Anne, was husband’s scientific collaborator and learned English to translate British chemists for husband and engraved illustration of scientific experiments
- a. She is a reminder that women were involved in Revolution
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