Lavoisier's Apparatus Small 320×253 Medium 640×506 Large 1024×810 Download Tiff Original 2400×1899 | (771.8 KB) Description An apparatus used by Lavoisier to heat mercury (Hg) so that mercury oxide (HgO) could be obtained. Keywords Hg, Lavoisier, Mercury Galleries Chemistry Apparatus Source: Brownlee, Raymond B., Fuller, Robert W., Hancock, William J., Sohon, Michael D., Whitsit, Jesee E. First Principles of Chemistry (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1907) 5