Sulfur, when burning, absorbs oxygen gas; the resulting acid is considerably heavier than the sulfur burned; its weight is equal to the sum of weights of the sulfur burned and the oxygen absorbed.
Antoine LavoisierVegetation is the basic instrument the creator uses to set all of nature in motion.
Antoine LavoisierIt is impossible to disassociate language from science...To call forth a concept, a word is needed.
Antoine LavoisierThe art of drawing conclusions from experiments and observations consists in evaluating probabilities and in estimating whether they are sufficiently great or numerous enough to constitute proofs. This kind of calculation is more complicated and more difficult than it is commonly thought to be. . . .
Antoine Lavoisier