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When was Antoine Lavoisier’s Elementary Treatise on Chemistry published?

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Antoine Lavoisier’s Traité élémentaire de chimie (Elementary Treatise on Chemistry) was published in 1789. This work served as a programmatic guide that established the precise methods for investigating, organizing, and explaining chemical subjects, marking a significant milestone in the development of modern chemistry.1