From object |
Shelfmark: |
20003-0001 |
Type: |
instrument |
Dimension: |
H.: 57; Diam.: 14 |
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Component's data |
Type: |
gasometer |
Abstract: |
Mercury gasometer. This special type of gasometer served to collect gases using mercury, a method that Lavoisier had adopted in 1774 and thanks to which he was able to identify, in that very same year, the chemical properties of oxygen. |
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From object |
Shelfmark: |
1977.10 |
Type: |
painting |
Dimension: |
H.: 259,7; W.; 194,6 |
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Component's data |
Type: |
portrait |
Abstract: |
Portrait of Lavoisier and his wife (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze) |
Comment: |
Signed by David in lower left corner: "L. David parisiis anno 1788". |
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