#lavoiser

[maratsbathtub]

so i was talking with my mom (a historian) about the afterlife and how historical figures having to share apartments would be hilarious. And then i brought up the frenchies, and what they would be doing after death.

I present to you, my mom's thoughts on the matter:

They would be running a spa. All of them. Lavoisier and his wife would be running the cafe (are there cafes at spas??? I don't know??? I was too busy dying inside to ask). Fouche runs finances. Robespierre does hairdressing stuff and danton does pedicures. Herault would be the (female?) waitress and fabre is the apothecary?? I guess? (I think my mom meant he runs the front desk) Louis XVI would be the janitor and marie Antoinette takes care of pets.

And i vetoed charlotte corday to ever be there. That was all i got to say.

And napoleon is just there to help

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[ingridrichter]

Nitrogen & No Life

Scheele, in 1772, called nitrogen foul air and Lavoisier called it azote, from Greek words meaning no life.  Lavoisier's name is still used in the French language, and in English, too, certain compounds containing nitrogen are still called azo compounds.

Isaac Asimov, Building Blocks of the Universe, 1961.

[engineering-laughter]