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(1784-06-28): Combustion of iron in dephlogisticated air. Quantity of oxygen fixed is measured.
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(1784-07-21): At the Académie Lavoisier rereads the memoir of April 21 on the decomposition of water. Continued August 18 and 21.
P-V, 1784, fol. 187.
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(1784-08-11): The commission on animal magnetism reports to the King.
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(1784-08-16): Letter by Darcet to Volta, written in behalf of Lavoisier, in which he report of experiments with electrical pistol concerning the decomposition of water: "Je me suis rappellé for bien de cette vapeur nebuleux qui resulte de la destruction e
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(1784-09-04): At the Académie, in the presence of Prince Henry de Prussia, "MM. Lavoisier et Meusnier ont lu le récit de leurs expériences sur la combustion de l'esprit de vin et sa transmutation en eau, elles ont été repétées en presence du Prince."
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(1784-09-04): Report on animal magnetism read to the Académie by Bailly.
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(1784-10): Lavoisier studies thermal decomposition and reactions of ammoniacal salts.
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(1784-10-14): Experiment on sewage. The alleged soda made from sewage and common salt.
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(1784-11): Study of potassium and ammonium nitrate. Detonation of nitre.
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(1784-11-03): According to a note, Lavoisier's Considérations générales sur la dissolution des métaux dans les acides, was presented on this date. He had recorded a title Sur les dissolutions métalliques on December 20, 1783. See also January 22, 1785.
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(1784-12-24) (1784-12-25): Experiments on dessication of tobacco.
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(1784-12-29): Combustion of a candle in an adjustable flue. Collection of water produced.
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(1784-12-30): Begins the elaborate experiment on the decomposition and recomposition of water. Weighing of rifle barrels provided with rods of iron in which the decomposition will be done.
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(1785): Houdon scultps a bust of Lavoisier.
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(1785): Lavoisier become director of the Académie des sciences.
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(1785-01) (1785-02-12): Further preparation for the large scale experiment on decomposition and recomposition of water. Tests and calibration of of the gasometers.
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(1785-01-22): At the Académie "M. Lavoisier a lu un Mémoire sur la dissolution des métaux par les acides." First in a series of memoirs with decisive attacks on phlogiston. Reading completed 26 February.
P-V, 1785, fol. 13.
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(1785-02-15): Lavoisier's Mémoire sur les altérations qui arrivent à l'air dans plusieurs circonstances… is read before the Société Royale de Médecine. Based on his memoir read to the Académie on April 9, 1777.
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(1785-02-16): At the Académie Lavoisier requests commissioners to observe his experiment on water. The entire class of chemistry is appointed, plus Saron, Brisson, Bailly, Laplace, Monge and the duc de la Rochefoucauld.
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(1785-02-27) (1785-02-28): Decomposition of water: beginning of the great experiment performed before the Académie's commission. Quantitative data on water decomposed and gases formed. Followed by recomposition of the gases in a weighed flask.Second exper
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(1785-03-01): Series of experiments on the recomposition of water. Weighing of water formed and of the desiccating tube through which the gases pass. Examination of unreacted gases in the chamber.
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(1785-03-02): At the Académie Lavoisier reads his Mémoire sur l'affinité du principe oxygine. Had been recorded December 20, 1783, reading completed March 5, 1785.
P-V, 1785, fol. 46.
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(1785-03-07): Chemical tests and calculations relating to the experiments of February 27-28.
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(1785-03-09) (1785-03-12): Signed certificates by the commissioners based on the notes they had taken during the course of the water experiment.
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(1785-03-16): "M. Monge a présenté à l'Académie l'eau qu'il a obtenue par la combustion de l'air inflammable et de l'air vital; les memes commissaires que pour l'expérience de M. Lavoisier."
P-V, 1785, fol. 51.
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