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Résumé d'une Histoire de la Matière depuis les Philosophes Grecs jusqu'à Lavoisier inclusivement

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Excerpt from Résumé d'une Histoire de la Matière Depuis les Philosophes Grecs Jusqu'à Lavoisier Inclusivement

I. Je n'écris point Une histoire suivie des opinions dont la nature de la matière a été l'objet'clepuis' qu'elle fut con sidérée comme simple jusqu'au temps actuel où elle l'est, au contraire, comme complexe. Je me propose seulement de signaler des époques principales de cette histoire qui, à mon sens, n'ont pas été suffisamment distinguées les unes des autres au point de vue où je les envisage. Avant qu'il existât une science des actions moléculaires au contact apparent, la chimie, il était impossible de traiter la ques tion de la matière eu égard à la simplicité ou à la complexité de sa nature, sans recourir à l'observation et à l'expérience telles que les a envisagées Lavoisier dans son Traité de chimie, et voilà la raison de l'o'pinion de sa simplicité pro fessée dans l'antiquité qui ne connut pas la chimie.

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478 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1877

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Michel Eugène Chevreul

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Michel Eugène Chevreul (31 August 1786 – 9 April 1889) was a French chemist whose work with fatty acids led to early applications in the fields of art and science. He is credited with the discovery of margaric acid, creatine, and designing an early form of soap made from animal fats and salt. He lived to 102 and was a pioneer in the field of gerontology. He is also one of the 72 people whose names are inscribed on the Eiffel Tower; of those 72 scientists and engineers, Chevreul was one of only two who were still alive when Gustave Eiffel planted the French Tricolor on the top of the tower on 31 March 1889 (the other being Hippolyte Fizeau) and was the last living individual born before the French Revolution.

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