Chemical Nomenclature as we know it is born with the publication of Méthode de nomenclature chimique by Antione-Laurent Lavoisier, Claude-Louis Berthellot, Antoine de Fourcroy, and Guyton de Morveau. The names proposed were based on the elements origin or function. (Image produced courtesy of the Library & Information Centre, Royal Society of Chemistry)


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