Box 43
Container
Contains 42 Results:
Fourcroy, Antoine-François, Paris, [to] Citoyen Lavoisier, Paris, September 3, 1793
Item — Box: 43, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
Physical Description: 1 p. on 1 leaf; 20 cm; autograph letter signed Summary: Asks Lavoisier a report about the Commission des poids et measures, to know its composition, its activities, its expenses. Letter begins: "Il est bien pressant, Citoyen, que vous m'adressiés le mémoire que vous a demandé dimanche le C. Romme, sur la Commission chargée des poids et...
Dates:
September 3, 1793
Lavoisier, Marie Anne Pierrette (Paulze), letter [to Guyton de Morveau], 1788-09-06
Item — Box: 43, Folder: 20a
Scope and Contents
Mme. Lavoisier discusses her translation of Kirwan's Essay on Phlogiston, its publication, to whom she should send copies, and the current political situation. Although she remarks that "C'est la folie qui gouverne dans ce moment," she predicts optimistically that conditions will soon improve.
Dates:
1788-09-06