icated reasons could not get imely manner. Instead credit to Josepley, ly, but latterly, in to receive credit for textbooks still attribute co , but ty-six years after Scheele had.

    Altry ury t separated Neill o go. Rigo teentury (and in Priestley’s case a little beyond) scientistseveryually found, t just tiated airs, depicated marine acids, perraqueousexions, and, above all, pon, tance t  to be tive agentin combustion. Some, terious élanvital, t brouge objects to life. No one kne you could enliven it  of electricity (anotion Mary Sed to full effect in ein ) and t it existed insome substances but not otwo brancry:

    organic (for tances t  to ) and inorganic (for t didnot).

    Someone of insigo t cry into t oine-Laurent Lavoisier. Born in 1743, Lavoisiery (itle for t a practicing sitution called ted taxes and fees on be. Alts mild and fair-minded, t did not tax t only ten arbitrarily. ForLavoisier, titution  it provided o follo oday’s money.

    ter embarking on tive career pateen-year-olddauging of s and minds botellect and soon ively alongside her husband.

    Despite to put in five  days—time to be commissioner of gunpoo deter smugglers, ric system, and coauture Cs.

    As a leading member of to take aninformed and active interest in opical—ism, prison reform, tion of insects, ter supply of Paris. It Lavoisier made some dismissive remarks about a neion t ted to tist. t tist never forgave .

    t. At a time  anybody eresting po incidentally, some t