Content:
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
PREFATORY NOTE, Page vii
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, Page xi
CHAPTER I - THE YOUNG LAVOISIER, Pages 1-9
CHAPTER II - SCIENCE, FINANCE, AND MARRIAGE, Pages 10-22
CHAPTER III - LAVOISIER'S BACKGROUND, Pages 23-31
CHAPTER IV - JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, Pages 32-41
CHAPTER V - WITCHES' CAULDRON, Pages 42-50
CHAPTER VI - OXYGEN, Pages 51-58
CHAPTER VII - PRIESTLEY AND LAVOISIER MEET, Pages 59-70
CHAPTER VIII - THE HONOURABLE HENRY CAVENDISH, Pages 71-76,76a,77-78
CHAPTER IX - WATER, Pages 79-87
CHAPTER X - LAVOISIER AS REFORMER, Pages 88-101
CHAPTER XI - THE SCIENCE OF NUTRITION, Pages 102-104,104a,105-108,108a,109-113
CHAPTER XII - INTERRUPTIONS, Pages 114-126
CHAPTER XIII - BIRMINGHAM AND THE BASTILLE, Pages 127-128,128a,129-132,132a,133-139
CHAPTER XIV - THE FALL OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, Pages 140-154
CHAPTER XV - ARREST, Pages 155-167
CHAPTER XVI - LAST DAYS, Pages 168-176,176a,177-180
CHAPTER XVII - THE GUILLOTINE, Pages 181-192
CHAPTER XVIII - RESTITUTION, Pages 193-205
CHAPTER XIX - DEATH OF TWO PHILOSOPHERS, Pages 206-208,208a,209-217
BIBLIOGRAPHY, Pages 218-221
INDEX, Pages 223-227
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