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Mémoire sur la chaleur.

LAVOISIER, Antoine Laurent de (1743 – 1794) Wikipedia

LAPLACE, Pierre-Simon marquis de (1749 – 1827) Wikipedia

Publication Details

Hist. Acad. roy. Sci. (Paris), (1780), 335-408. 1784 CE.

These workers invented an ice calorimeter, with it measured the respiratory quotient of a pig, and demonstrated the analogy between respiration and combustion.

Browse Tags

Pulmonary & Respiratory
Instruments & Devices
Chemistry & Biochemistry

Thematic Classifications

BIOCHEMISTRY › Metabolism INSTRUMENTS & TECHNOLOGIES RESPIRATION › Respiratory Physiology

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#592
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/392
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	mmoire-sur-la-chaleur