chemical revolution

(noun)

The 18th-century reformulation of chemistry that culminated in the law of conservation of mass and the oxygen theory of combustion. During the 19th and 20th century, this transformation was credited to the work of the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier (the "father of modern chemistry"). However, recent work on the history of early modern chemistry considers it to consist of gradual changes in chemical theory and practice that emerged over a period of two centuries.

Related Terms

  • science of man
  • empiricism

Examples of chemical revolution in the following topics:

  • The Spread of Revolution

  • Japan's Industrial Revolution

  • The October Revolution

  • Egypt's First Revolution

  • The Iranian Revolution

  • The Cultural Revolution

  • The Green Revolution

  • Charles X and the July Revolution

  • The German Revolutions of 1848

  • Effects of the Agricultural Revolution

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