Science: Antoine Lavoisier discovered in 1774 that combustion ha…

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Did you know? Antoine Lavoisier discovered in 1774 that combustion has nothing to do with "phlogiston" but with oxygen. He compiled the first list of chemical elements. He was guillotined in 1794 during the French Revolution; a contemporary said: "It took a moment to cut off that head, a century will not produce another."

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Antoine Lavoisier discovered in 1774 that combustion has nothing to do with "phlogiston" but with oxygen. He compiled the first list of chemical elements. He was guillotined in 1794 during the French Revolution; a contemporary said: "It took a moment to cut off that head, a century will not produce another."

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