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(1792-06-12): At the request of M. Dufresne Saint-Léon, commissioner of the liquidation, Baumé, Lavoisier, Berthollet and Fourcroy prepare a summary of Dambourney's contributions to the art of dyeing.
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(1792-06-15): Letter of Lavoisier to the King, declining position of Minister of Public Revenue.
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(1792-06-25): Méchain leaves for Spain to begin measurements in connection with determination of the merdian. Delambre is likewise engaged in measurements between Paris and Dunkerque.
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(1792-07-11): Central commission of weights and measures reports to the Académie of the new measures.
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(1792-07-13): Letter of Hassenfratz to Lavoisier as gunpowder commissioner in reference to powder experiments.
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(1792-07-15): Lavoisier replaces Monge on the Central commission of weights and measures.
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(1792-07-15): Lavoisier drafts program for prize on nutrition to be awarded in 1794. His discussion includes an account on the perpetual cycle of air and water.
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(1792-07-28): At the Académie Lavoisier reads a note destined to be published with the subject of a prize offered by the Académie for the year 1794: Déterminer les fonctions du foie et les usages de la bile. Contemporary with several of Lavoisier's report
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(1792-08-05): Lavoisier, who with Grillot has been delegated by the section of the Arsenal , reads a motion (which he has drawn up) to the Assemblée opposing the dethronment of the king. Three days later, however, a power shift occurs in the section, the
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(1792-08-10): Lavoisier stands guard duty at the Arsenal.
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(1792-08-15): Lavoisier resigns from the Régie des poudres. He then moves from the Arsenal and takes up residence at no. 234 Boulevard de la Madeleine. The house is no longer existing.
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(1792-08-28): Lavoisier, Darcet and Fourcroy report favorably on Berthollet's Eléments de l'art de la teinture.
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(1792-09) (1792-10): Last visit to Fréchines, mentioned in a letter to Parisis fils.
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(1792-09-20): Letter to Parisis fils concerning the Ferme Générale.
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(1792-09-21): Meeting of the commission weights and measures.
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(1792-09-21): The Convention abolish royalty.
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(1792-09-22): Proclamation of the Republic and a decree orders that all public articles be dated Year 1 of the French Republic.
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(1792-10-14): Lavoisier at Fréchines celebrate the first year of the French Republic by planting a tree of liberty in the public square of the village..
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(1792-11-14): At the public session of the Académie, Lavoisier reads a memoir on the height of mountains.
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(1792-11-25): A delegation from the Académie reports to the Assemblée Nationale on the progress of the stansardization of weights and measures. Report read by Borda. Favorable reception, praise by the abbé Grégoire, President of the Assemblée.
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(1792-12): As early as this date Lavoisier began preparation of a work, encyclopedic in nature, to cover many aspects of chemistry both theoretical and practical. The work was never completed.
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(1792-12) (1793-02): At Lavoisier's urging the he summarize his philosophical ideas, Dupont de Nemours wrote his Philosophie de l'Univers. Written in winter 1792-1793 when threat of imprisonment forced him to live in seclusion at Bois-des-Fossées. Not pub
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(1792-12-24): Decree of the Assemblée Nationale that the Académie should not proceed with election of new members.
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(1793-01-04): Lavoisier drafts decision awarding prize for 1793 on Natural History to Duhamel fils.
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(1793-01-04): Determination with Hauy of the weight of a cubic foot of distilled water at different temperatures.
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