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The [49] antiphlogiston revolution accomplished by Lavoisier is the starting point for the discoveries which constitute modern chemistry. The discoveries seem to have had as their principal effect and, according to most chemists, as their true object, the triumph, in completeness and precision, of the atomic notion of a mixt.
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Duhem, P. (2002). Simple Substances. In: Mixture and Chemical Combination. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 223. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2292-6_5
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