His main contribution to biology was measuring a guinea pig's respiration with a calorimeter.
His main contribution to biology was measuring a guinea pig's respiration with a calorimeter. He developed a theory in opposition to one of Georg Stahl partly through his studies of calcination reactions, and posited a theory for acid formation through the reaction of radicals. His Elementary Treatise of Chemistry lists elements and states the law of conservation of mass, which he verified through careful weight measurements. Responsible for naming compounds such as sulfates in his Method of Chemical Nomenclature, he also named hydrogen and oxygen, two elements he had studied extensively. FTP, name this French chemist who studied combustion and disproved the phlogiston theory.
His main contribution to biology was measuring a guinea pig's respiration with a calorimeter.
Antoine Laurent de {Lavoisier}