After the discovery of the active role of gases in chemical reactions, laboratory equipment underwent a radical change and many new instruments, apparatus and machines were devised. Glassware in particular became of central importance and, between 1760 and 1790, chemists introduced several new types of glass recipients, balloons and apparatus that helped them to manage the analysis and manipulation of airs. As glass artifacts were produced by the members of well established guilds, their variety and quality responded to the demand of the market and not to the specialized needs of the chemical laboratory.  It was in this context that several chemists began to make glassware on their own. Lavoisier was among those and he built a small glasswork in his laboratory at the Arsenal for this purpose. In my paper I shall illustrate what is left of this workshop and I shall examine a few examples of his glass apparatus.

Antoine-laurent lavoisier and glassmaking

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