Antoine Laurent (1743—94), French scientist, regarded as the father of modern chemistry. He caused a revolution in chemistry by his description of combustion as the combination of substances with air, or more specifically the gas oxygen.
拉瓦锡,安托万·劳伦(1743—1794,法国科学家,现代化学之父,将燃烧解释为物质与空气[更确切说是氧气] 的化合,引发了一场化学界的革命)。