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Besides giving oxygen Its nameand name nameand nameand and explaining e'CplaInlng eCplaInlng e'cplaining ecplaining ' its lts properties La Lavoisier La- La Lavolsier . - voisier volsier was the first man to showwhy show showwhy showwhy why hydrogen and oxygen combmcd combined combinedto combmcdto to form water . Because Becaus ( . . he made madeso madeso madeso so many fundamental contributionsto contnbutionsto contnbutions contributions to the world of ot science , he is lS now nowgenerally nowgenerally nov/generally nov generally / generally known as the "Father Father " of ofChemlstry ofChemistry ofChemistry Chemlstry Chemistry " . But Lavoisier Lavolsler was far more than thana a famous scientist sClcntist Handsome andwitty and andWItty andwitty WItty , he be v/as v as was / also a prominentcourtier promment prominent prommentcourtler prominentcourtier courtler courtier in m the Courts of or Louis LOU1S XVand XV XVand XVand and XVI He was a friend frlend of ManeAntoinette Mane Marie ManeAntomette MarieAntoinette Antomette Antoinette and was always m in the theHuck thethick thethick Huck thick of ot royal intrigues mtrlgues and politicsWhen politicsWhen politics politicsWhen When the French revolution brokc broke brokcout brokeout brokeout out , he was in ln the thick thlCk of thnt that thntHe thatHe thatHe He witnessed wltnessed the roaring roarmg fall of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Bastille He mvented invented a new newway newway newway way of ot miking mkIng making , saltpeter , the es- es essenhal essential es essential - sential senhal element in m gunpowder Fa Famous Fa- Fa Famous - . mous chemist chemlst though ho he wasLavoisier was w a s , LavoisIer was finally thrown intoprison mto into mtopnson intoprison pnson prison by the fanatical lobespierrewho obesplerre tobespierre , who said he be had no use lor for any anysClentists anyscientists anyscientists sClentists scientists , especially especllllly anstocratic aristocratic anstocraticoncs aristocraticones aristocraticones aristocraticonesThose oncs ones oncsThose onesThose Those were wcre the days when ParIs ParIsstreets Parisstreets Pansstreets streets were running red with hu- hu human human hu human - - man blood Being Bemg an arIstocrat aristocratLavoisier , LaVOlSler Lavoisier was soon on his way to tothe tothe tothe the guillotine gwllohne He died as he hadlived had hadlived hadlived lived , laughing laughmg and a n d unafraid unafrald Afriend A Afnend Afriend fnend friend who witnessed wltnessed the executionwrote execution executionwrote executionwrote wrote his memorial memonal " ' "It It .It " . took buta but a moment to cut off oU his hlS head , but butanother butanother butanother another liLe Ilh.e Ilhe like . it cannot be produced producedm producedill ill m a hundred years " . Military UniformsT Uniforms UniformsMOUIS MOUIS T OUIS OIJIS XIV XlV , the depraved French FrenchL Frenchking Frenchking L kmg king , really brought on theFrench the theFrench theFrench French revolution through his hlS ava ava- avarice avance ava- ava avarice - - rice nce and cruelty to his people Amost A Amost Amost most disorderly man himself hlmsel ! , hisgreatest hIs hIsgreatest hisgreatest greatest contribution contnbuhon to postenly posterity postenlywas posteritywas posteritywas was his hlS remtroduction reintroduction of the mili mlll- mlll mili- mllltary military military - tary uniform unlform , , the forerunner of ofmodern ofmodern ofmodern modern standardized standardlzed goodsAlthough goodsAlthough goods goodsAlthough Although regular uniforms umforms had hadbeen h hadbeen a d dbeen been worn by Greek and Roman RomansoldIers Romansoldiers Romansoldiers soldIers , the art was lost during the theMIddle theMiddle theMiddle MIddle ages Since soldiers soldlCrs foughtin foughtm fought m in small bands , they could eitherrecognize eIther eItherrecognIze eitherrecognize recognIze each other personally orwear or orwear orwear wear some identifying ldentlfymg badge whichdistinguished whIch whIchdIstInguIshed whichdistinguished dIstInguIshed them from the enemy . But Louis LOUlS Louts XIV built bU1lt up the larg larg- largest largest largest - est army Europe had ever known knownup knownup knownup up to that time , a huge force of of100 100 000 men He gave orders to tohlS tohis tobis hlS his generals , "Drill Drill " them to act actas actas actas as one , discipline dlsclpllne them to respond respondas as one . , uniform unlform them to look asone as asonel asones onel ones ' " The generals could do the drillingand drlllmg drilling drlllmgand drillingand and disciplining dlsclplmmg without WIt b 0 uta anytrouble any anytrouble n Y Ytrouble trouble , but when it lt came to the theunlforms theuniforms theuniforms unlforms uniforms they were up against agamst a anew anew anew new problem Making Makmg 100 100000 000 uni- uni uniforms uni unl uniforms - . forms that all aU look exactly alIke alikeis IS no small problem The generals generalswerc generalswere generalswere werc were finally forced torced to build up a awhole awhole awhole whole new ncw textile textilc and clothing clothmg m- m in- in mdustry industry in industry - dustry and install mstall the first modernsystem modern modernsystem modernsystem system of standardized goods andsizes andsizesSo and andSlzes andsizes Slzes sizes SlzesSo sizesSo So when you go into a departmentstore department departmentstore departmentstore store to buy a size seven shoe or ora ora ora a fifteen collar , remember rcmember that It Itwas itwas itwas was old Louis LOU1S XTV XIV and his hlS aldes aides aldeswho aideswho aideswho who first thought up the ideaInvention idea ldea ideaInvention Invention of Ice Cream Cones ConesGEORGE ConesG ConesEORGE Cones/ Cones ConesEORGE / EORGE WASHINGTON WASlliNGTON liked 11ked to toJ toeat toeat GEORGE G J eat ice lee cream He had a spe specially spe- spe specIally specially - - cially built bwlt freezer freczer in which WhlCh hisservants h 1 i S Sservants sservants servants made ice cream for himwhenever 1um hug 1umwhenever hugwhenever whenever they could get ice lce . But no one onc ever tasted an Ice Icecream icecream Icecream cream cons cone before betore 1900 The honor honorof honorof honorof of its invention goes to the gIrl gIrlfrIcnd girlfriend girlfriend frIcnd friend of ot Charles E . Menches , a ayoung ayoung ayoung young ice cream salesman in m St StLows StLouis StLouis Lows Louis . Menches was doing domg Ius lus Iuscourtmg luscourting biscourting courtmg courting during durmg the St Louis LOU1S ex exposition c ex- ex exposition > . , - position posltion in 1904 . On one occasion be he brought hisfiancee hlS his hlSfiancee hisfiancee fiancee a bunch of ot flowers and anice an anIce anice Ice cream sandwich at the same sametune sametime sametune tune time . Lacking a vase , the resource resource- resourcetul resourceful resourceful - ful tul lady took one of at the layers ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the sandwich sandwlch and rolled it into a acone acone acone cone to act as a vase She then thenrolled thenrolled thenrolled rolled the other cone in m the same sameway sameway sameway way , and so 50 was WIS : invented mvented the lce ice lcecream icecream icecream cream cone con . The ice cream sundae is of anearlier an ancarller anearlier carller earlier origin origm . About 1870 , the citycouncil city citycouncil citycouncil council of ot Ithaca , N . Y . , passeda passed a law prohibitmg prohlbltmg prohibiting saloons from sell seU- seU sell- seUmg selling selling - ing mg drinks drmks on Sunday . The law lawhowever , however , did nothing to prev prevent prev.nt prevnt . , nt bar barcustomers barcustomers barcustomers customers from getting gettmg thirsty thlrs.ty thlrsty . on onSundays onSundays onSundays Sundays the same as any other day day.The dayThe . , The pharmacist pharmIClst : in a drug store storeacross storeacross storeacross across the street ! from rom the city's citys city'sIeadmg city'sleading city'sleading citysleading ' Ieadmg leading saloon saloOll was not slow to tocapltalIze tocapitalize tocapitalize capltalIze capitalize on this thlS human frailty . , Hedevised Hc He Hcdevlsed Hedevised devlsed devised a Sunday concoction madeof made madeof madeof of ice cream to provide relief rcl1et forthirsty lor for lorthirsty forthirsty thirsty customers on that day inthe in inthe inthe the other towns town : ; in the country that thatalso thatalso thatalso also had Sunday closing laws tor for torsaloons forsaloons forsaloons saloons . , |