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2. hard
3. especially
4. to enter the Institute
5. society
6. significance
7. to be appointed
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9. to die
10. to be interested in
11. hardly
12. contribution
13. to suggest liquid
14. degree
15. thesis
I. Answer the following questions: 1. When was D. I. Mendeleyev born? 2. Where was he born? 3. When did he go to gymnasium'? 4. What subjects did he like'? 5. What Institute did he enter? 6. Where did he work after the graduation from the Institute. 7. When was he granted the Doctor of Science degree? 8. What was he granted this degree for? 9. What was Mendeleyev's greatest discovery'? 10. What did he present to the Russian Chemical Society? ll. What other problems was Mendeleyev interested in? 12. What subjects did his numerous works deal with? 13. When did he die?
II. Retell the text according to the following plan: 1. D. I. Mendeleyev's childhood.
2. The gymnasium and the Pedagogical Institute.
3. D. I. Mendeleyev's work at the Technological Institute and at the Uniiversity.
4. His research work.
5. D. I. Mendeleyev's greatest discovery.
6. D. I. Mendeleyev's greatest contribution in science.
7. D. I. Mendeleyev is a great chemist and patriot.
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SPEAKING. Famous chemists
Make up a report about any famous chemist you like Antoine Lavoisier Antoine Laurent Lavoisier is a French chemist, was the founder of modern chemistry.
Lavoisier carefully measured the weights of substances involved in chemical reactions.
In 1772 he began a series of experiments that demonstrated the nature of combustion. He concluded that combustion results from the union of a flammable material with a newly discovered gas, which he called oxygen. Lavoisier published his findings in his Elementary Treatise on Chemistry (1789).
With French astronomer and mathematician Pierre Simon Laplace, Lavoisier conducted experiments on respiration in animals. Their studies demonstrated a similarity between common chemical reactions and the processes that occur in living organisms.
These experiments provided the foundation for the science now known as biochemistry. Lavoisier also helped to develop a system for naming chemical substances based on their composition. This system is still in use.
Lavoisier was born in Paris. He received an excellent education and developed an interest in all branches of science, especially chemistry. He was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1768.
Lavoisier was arrested in 1793 by the leaders of the French Revolution. Many years earlier, he had become a partner in a firm that collected a number of taxes for the government. In spite of his achievements, Lavoisier was found guilty of conspiracy with the enemies of France because of his involvement in tax collection. He was executed by guillotine.