The art of drawing conclusions from experiments and observations consists in evaluating probabilities and in judging if they are great enough to constitute proofs.
— Antoine Lavoisier Early Modern

Father of modern chemistry

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From his 'Elements of Chemistry'

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1789

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Humorous

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