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May 8th, 1794

RIP

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Showed that certain elements like sulfur and phosphorus gain weight when they are heated

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Invested in a private agency that was collecting taxes for the government right before the French Revolution

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Showed that mineral is composed partly of water

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Studied with some of France's most distinguished scientists in multiple fields

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Got arrested for "Cutting off Paris's" air supply, by building a wall around the city.

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In the lab with Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin

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Got put in charge of the countries gunpowder manufacturing operation

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Chaos outside, The revolution has begun.

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Helped standardize France's national system of weights

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Gave the name hydrogen to "inflammable air" that was discovered by Henry Cavendish

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Found out that the amount of energy and warmth in an animal depends on oxygen intake

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Discovered that phlogiston is released during combustion

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Changed the name of Priestly's Gas to Oxygen

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Proved that diamonds are made of carbon

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July 4, 1776

Just heard some place called the "U.S." was created

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I'm the Father  of chemistry

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Explaining how things burn

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I'll be known for my accurate measurements someday...

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Just developed a new way to name chemical compounds

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Got elected to France's Academy of Sciences.

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Just dispelled the ancient notion that earth could be created from water.

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Married Marie Paulze, a 14 year old, in 1771

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Born August 26th, 1743
🎉🎉🎉🎈🎈🎈

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Discovered Gypsum

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"Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier." World of Scientific Discovery, Gale, 2006. Research in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K1648000401/MSIC?u=litt18129&sid=MSIC&xid=53cd7259. Accessed 2 Feb. 2018.