Antoine Lavoisier : Science, Administration and Revolution (Hardcover)

List of illustrations; General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Ambition and Public Service: 1743?1775: 1. The barristers of Paris; 2. The republic of science; 3. Experimental physics; 4. The chemistry of salts; 5. The company of tax farmers; Part II. Consolidation and Contestation: 6. A new theory of combustion; 7. The campaign for French chemistry; 8. Gunpowder and agriculture. 9. Mesmerism and public opinion; Part III. Revolutionary Politics: 10. Representation, legislation and finance; 11. The republic of virtue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.