The Arsenal of Eighteenth-Century Chemistry. The Laboratories of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743‒1794)

Contents
Foreword
Preface
Abbreviations
Part 1 Lavoisier’s Laboratory Networks (Marco Beretta)
Introduction
1 The Chemical Laboratories in Paris (1743–1776)
	1.1	Chemistry Comes to Paris
	1.2	Rouelle’s Laboratory
	1.3	Laboratory Life with Macquer and Baumé
2 Lavoisier’s Approach to Chemical Instrument Making
	2.1	Lavoisier’s Early Education in Science
	2.2	Chemical Instrument Making in Paris before 1770
	2.3	Lavoisier and Chemical Instrument Making
	2.4	Parisian Instrument Makers at the Arsenal
	2.5	Second-Hand Instruments
	2.6	The Laboratory Notebooks
		Table of Lavoisier’s Laboratory Notebooks
3 Lavoisier’s Sites of Experimental Practice: From the Field to the Laboratory (1764–1794)
	3.1	Sites of Experiments
	3.2	The Arsenal
4 The Cost of Lavoisier’s Laboratory
	4.1	Was Chemistry Cheap or Expensive?
	4.2	The Cost of Lavoisier’s Laboratory
	4.3	The Cost of Labour
	4.4	Deconstructing the Legend
5 The Chemical Revolution on Stage: Lavoisier’s Collection of Instruments (1789–2020)
	5.1	The Chemical Revolution on Show (1789–1836)
	5.2	Instruments Enter French Politics: The Private and Public Fate of Lavoisier’s Collection (1836–1900)
	5.3	The 1943 Exhibition: Lavoisier vs Nazi Germany
Appendix 1: Inventory of Lavoisier’s Residence and Laboratory on the Boulevard de la Madeleine (1796)
Appendix 2: Inventory of Lavoisier’s Laboratory by Nicolas Leblanc (1794)
Appendix 3: Inventory of Lavoisier’s Precision and Chemical Instruments (1794)
Appendix 4: Select Inventory of Marie Anne Lavoisier’s Residence in the Rue d’Anjou (1836)
Appendix 5: Inventory of Lavoisier’s Instruments Acquired by the Conservatoire des arts et métiers in 1864
Appendix 6: Biographical Dictionary of Lavoisier’s Instrument Makers and Suppliers of Chemicals
Part 2 Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Lavoisier’s Instruments in the Musée des Arts et Métiers (Marco Beretta, Paolo Brenni)
Introduction to the Catalogue
Metrology
		Measures of Length
		Measures of Volume
		Measures of Weight
Astronomy, Surveying, Drawing and Mathematics
		Astronomy
		Surveying Instruments
		Drawing and Geometrical Models
Experimental Physics
		Hydrostatics and Hydraulics
		Acoustics
		Pneumatics
		Thermology
		Optics
		Magnetism and Electricity
Meteorology
		Thermometers
		Barometers
		Miscellaneous
Chemistry
		Furniture
		Heating Apparatus and Common Laboratory Tools
		Models
		Chemical Apparatus
		Chemical Glassware
		Chemicals, Minerals and Various Substances
Miscellaneous
Fragments
General Bibliography
Index of Inventory Numbers
Index of Names