Traité élémentaire de chimie
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Traité élémentaire de chimie is a foundational 1789 chemistry textbook by Antoine Lavoisier that helped establish modern chemical nomenclature and the law of conservation of mass.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Traité élémentaire de chimie canonical | 2 |
| Méthode de nomenclature chimique | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1494438 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Traité élémentaire de chimie Context triple: [Antoine Lavoisier, notableWork, Traité élémentaire de chimie]
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A.
The Sceptical Chymist
The Sceptical Chymist is a 1661 scientific work by Robert Boyle that challenged traditional alchemy and helped lay the foundations of modern chemistry by proposing a corpuscular theory of matter.
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B.
Traité de dynamique
Traité de dynamique is an influential 1743 treatise by Jean d’Alembert that helped formalize classical mechanics and introduced what is now known as d’Alembert’s principle.
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C.
Traité de la lumière
Traité de la lumière is a seminal 1690 scientific treatise that presents Christiaan Huygens’ wave theory of light, including the principle now known as Huygens’ principle.
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D.
Théorie analytique de la chaleur
Théorie analytique de la chaleur is Joseph Fourier’s foundational 1822 treatise that introduced Fourier series and laid the mathematical groundwork for the modern theory of heat conduction and harmonic analysis.
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E.
Théorie élémentaire de la botanique
Théorie élémentaire de la botanique is a foundational 19th-century botanical treatise that helped establish modern plant taxonomy and morphology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Traité élémentaire de chimie Target entity description: Traité élémentaire de chimie is a foundational 1789 chemistry textbook by Antoine Lavoisier that helped establish modern chemical nomenclature and the law of conservation of mass.
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A.
The Sceptical Chymist
The Sceptical Chymist is a 1661 scientific work by Robert Boyle that challenged traditional alchemy and helped lay the foundations of modern chemistry by proposing a corpuscular theory of matter.
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B.
Traité de dynamique
Traité de dynamique is an influential 1743 treatise by Jean d’Alembert that helped formalize classical mechanics and introduced what is now known as d’Alembert’s principle.
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C.
Traité de la lumière
Traité de la lumière is a seminal 1690 scientific treatise that presents Christiaan Huygens’ wave theory of light, including the principle now known as Huygens’ principle.
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D.
Théorie analytique de la chaleur
Théorie analytique de la chaleur is Joseph Fourier’s foundational 1822 treatise that introduced Fourier series and laid the mathematical groundwork for the modern theory of heat conduction and harmonic analysis.
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E.
Théorie élémentaire de la botanique
Théorie élémentaire de la botanique is a foundational 19th-century botanical treatise that helped establish modern plant taxonomy and morphology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chemistry textbook
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nonfiction book ⓘ scientific treatise ⓘ |
| aimedAt | reforming chemical language and classification ⓘ |
| author | Antoine Lavoisier ⓘ |
| contains |
systematic chemical nomenclature proposals
ⓘ
table of simple substances (elements) ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
establishment of modern chemical nomenclature
ⓘ
formulation of the law of conservation of mass ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| described | oxygen theory of combustion ⓘ |
| era | 18th-century science ⓘ |
| field | physical science ⓘ |
| genre | textbook ⓘ |
| hasContributor |
Antoine François de Fourcroy
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Claude-Louis Berthollet ⓘ Guyton de Morveau ⓘ |
| hasEdition | multiple later editions and translations ⓘ |
| hasForm | two-volume work ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | French Revolution era ⓘ |
| impact | standardization of chemical terminology in Europe ⓘ |
| includes |
illustrations of laboratory apparatus
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quantitative tables of substances and reactions ⓘ |
| influenced | development of modern chemistry ⓘ |
| influencedBy | experimental work of Antoine Lavoisier ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
practicing chemists
ⓘ
students of chemistry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
clear quantitative approach to chemical reactions
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use of precise measurements and balances ⓘ |
| organization | logical arrangement of chemical principles and reactions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| publicationPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1789 ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | foundational work of modern chemistry ⓘ |
| rejected | phlogiston theory ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Traité élémentaire de chimie
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Méthode de nomenclature chimique
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| states | matter is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions ⓘ |
| structure | systematic presentation of chemical elements and compounds ⓘ |
| subject |
chemical nomenclature
ⓘ
chemistry ⓘ conservation of mass ⓘ |
| teaches | mass balance in chemical reactions ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
English
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German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| uses | experimental evidence to support chemical theory ⓘ |
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Méthode de nomenclature chimique