Lavoisier another big guillotine Tapestry

Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier was the father of modern chemistry, he dedicated his life to research in various fields, such as combustion, animal respiration, oxidation, caloric theory, photosynthesis, the composition of water, and many other things . But he was also the General Collector of the company that was in charge of collecting taxes for the Crown, which was partly owned by his father-in-law. This company, remained a part agreed with the royalty and if they managed to exceed the budget were the funds. Badly I have to live when he was arrested, accused of collecting contributions and sentenced to death. Those were the times of the French Revolution. Lagrange, who tried without results to forgive him presenting the scientific contri...