A Chronology of Lavoisier's Career. Prepared by Maurice Daumas, Henry Guerlac and Carl Perrin. Edited by Marco Beretta
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A Chronology of Lavoisier's career
Experiments
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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 experiment repeated 28 February (the recomposition is not repeated).