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First edition, first issue, as described by Duveen & Klickstein. Complete as is.<\/span><\/p>\n As early as February 1773, Lavoisier wrote in his laboratory notebook that his experiments would \u2018bring about a revolution in physics and chemistry\u2019. In September of the same year, he began writing the Opuscules,<\/i> a multi-volume work of which only the first volume was published, in which he addressed the interpretation of combustion as \u2018the release of phlogiston\u2019 that was generally accepted by chemists in the 18th century.<\/p>\n His book is divided into two parts: the first (pp. 1-184) : Pr\u00e9cis historique sur les \u00e9manations \u00e9lastiques qui se d\u00e9gent descorps pendant la combustion is a summary of the texts on fixed air.<\/i> In the second part (pp. 187-436) he presents his experiments, which already demonstrate the composite nature of air. He did not openly attack the theory of phlogiston until 1783.<\/p>\n “Lavoisier, in his first major publication, surveys previous works concerning gases and then presents his own experiments” (Cole)<\/p>\n Very good copy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 8vo (192 x 119 mm) title, XXXpp., 1 nn.l., 436 pp. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red edges (corners and hinges expertly restored).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":78706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[550],"product_tag":[1324,1450,1326],"class_list":{"0":"post-78713","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-science","7":"product_tag-chemistry","8":"product_tag-first-edition","9":"product_tag-general-chemistry","10":"pa_auteur-lavoisier-antoine-laurent-de-2","11":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" Antoine-Laurent de LAVOISIER","chapeau":"","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, Durand, Didot et Esprit, 1774","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n