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(1783-10-15): Study of combinations of nitrous gas and oxygen.
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(1783-11): Lavoisier carried out studies on beef bouillon prompted by an inquiry of the Ministre de la Marine to the Société Royale de Médecine.
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(1783-12): Madame Lavoisier translates into French e letter by James Watt on the nature of water read before the Royal Society of London.
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(1783-12-06): At the Académie "M. Lavoisier a lu un mémoire sur un moyen d'avoir l'air inflammable à meilleur marché. M. Berthollet a lu un Mémoire sur le même objet."
P-V, 1783, fol. 225.
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(1783-12-18): Resumption of work on calorimetry (with Laplace?) - heats of combustion and specific heats of various substances. Heat produced by respiration of a Guinea pig.
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(1783-12-20): At the Académie Lavoisier deposits several memoirs to secure priority. These include: Study of the composition of nitric acid; on the affinity of oxygen for different substances.
P-V, 1783, fol. 232.
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(1783-12-20): The commissioners of the aerostatic apparatus of Montgolfier read their report.
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(1783-12-20): Following suggestion of Lavoisier, probably made earlier, the Académie appoints a commission to study the perfection of aerostatic machines. Among those named: le duc de Rochefoucauld, Condorcet, Berthollet, Coulomb, Lavoisier.
P-V, 1783, f
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(1783-12-27): First meeting of the commission on the improvement of aerostatic machines.
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