Acids and Rust: A New Perspective on the Chemical Revolution

Franklin Jacoby discusses the Chemical revolution and the historical disagreement around phlogiston vs oxygen through the lenses of perspectivism.

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Jacoby, F. (forthcoming) Acids and Rust: A New Perspective on the Chemical Revolution, Perspectives on science. 

Image: Hand sketch engraving made by Madame Lavoisier in the 18th century featured in “Traité élémentaire de chimie” retrieved from http://mattson.creighton.edu/History_Gas_Chemistry/Lavoisier.html  via  Lavoisier decomposition air.png – Wikimedia Commons