The chemical work of Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), with the text of a letter written to him by Madame Lavoisier / W.A. Smeaton.
Note:
A p. 15-16 testo della lettera
Abstract:
"In 1788 he (Saussure) accepted the antiphlogistic theory after reading the annotated French translation of Kirwan's "Essay on phlogiston"; he announced his conversion in a letter to the translator, Madame Lavoisier, whose reply is discussed and published here for the first time." From the summary
Annals of science Vol. 35 (1978), p. 1-16