Art Resource - AR922917

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Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, 18th century French chemist, investigating respiration.

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Experiment to calculate the speed of sound in air, Paris, 1822 (1873). Artist: Amedee Guillemin

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Giant burning glass of the Academie des Sciences, Paris, 18th century, (1874). Artist: Amedee Guillemin

Giant burning glass of the Academie des Sciences, Paris, 18th century, (1874). Constructed under the direction of Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) and others, it was used for chemical experiments. Mounted on a wheeled platform, its lenses were pointed at the sun whose rays they brought to a focus on a stand at the left of the platform, in this case burning whatever was placed there. From Les Applications de la Physique by Amedee Guillemin. (Paris, 1874).

Unique Identifier AR922917

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 5037px × 3465px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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