Nomenclature reform submitted to the academy
- When
- 1787
- Where
- Académie and publication venue in Paris
Lavoisier and three colleagues submitted a chemical nomenclature reform program to the academy in 1787, tied to his oxygen theory.
Lavoisier, together with Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Claude-Louis Berthollet, and Antoine François de Fourcroy, submitted a new program for reforming chemical nomenclature to the academy in 1787, since virtually no rational system existed. Their Méthode de nomenclature chimique, published in Paris by Chez Cuchet, was tied to Lavoisier's oxygen theory. Its element list included five earths described as oxides of yet unknown metals, the class to which silica belonged.
Sources
- Antoine Lavoisier Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
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