Chapter 1.3, Problem 18LC

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation : The help of Lavoisier’s wife to communicate the results of his experiments is to be explained.

Concept Introduction : Lavoisier was the person behind the chemistry field's revolution.

Answer to Problem 18LC

Lavoisier’s wife helped him with the creation of illustrations of the experiments and the translation of research papers from English.

Explanation of Solution

Lavoisier was the person behind the chemistry field's revolution.

Chemistry was once the science of observation, but Lavoisier contributed to it and transformed chemistry into a science of measurement as it was today.

Lavoisier created a balance that could measure mass to the nearest 0.0005 grams in order to take exact measurements.

Marie Anne, Lavoisier's wife, provided support for his research. She translated scientific papers from English and created illustrations of the experiments. Thus, Lavoisier’s wife helped him to communicate the results of the experiments.