The joke of course is that people who have children (or pets for that matter) do experience forms of matter being destroyed and also created, but the fact is that Lavoisier had no children. He did leave a widow, who eventually received all of his property after it was determined he was wrongly convicted and guillotined.
pearlsbs over 1 year ago
It is basically that energy is neither created or destroyed. Matter is just another form of energy.
Tyge Premium Member over 1 year ago
Lavoisier never had kids! 8^ )
Alias1600 over 1 year ago
Looking it up, turns out the fireplace is an intermediate step. Wood ashes can be added to compost or used as lawn and garden fertilizer.
Jason Allen over 1 year ago
Except the matter is all still there. It’s just that it changed form.
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member over 1 year ago
Quite a bit of it went up the chimney too. :-)
well-i-never over 1 year ago
Who’s going to be the first to say, “If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”?
mamarose127 Premium Member over 1 year ago
This is identical to “One must haul ash very slowly”
joe.altmaier over 1 year ago
He DID get that idea sitting around a fire. He measured all the reaction products and they came out even! That was the whole impetus.
trainnut1956 over 1 year ago
Grandma’s in the cellar, hey, there, can’t you smell her? Cooking pancakes on a dirty stove, stove. In her eye there’s matter, dripping in the batter…
Interventor12 over 1 year ago
A shop vaccuum cleans a fireplace out quicker.
ScullyUFO over 1 year ago
The joke of course is that people who have children (or pets for that matter) do experience forms of matter being destroyed and also created, but the fact is that Lavoisier had no children. He did leave a widow, who eventually received all of his property after it was determined he was wrongly convicted and guillotined.
SofaKing over 1 year ago
I love my Weber Smokey Mountain smoker, but hate cleaning it afterwards. Ash, and a greasy pan with greasy water, plus the grates.
mountainclimber over 1 year ago
E = mc^2
poppacapsmokeblower over 1 year ago
“Matter is just ‘packets’ of energy,” always scares me.
annefackler61 over 1 year ago
It Don’t Matter to Me…Bread
spaced man spliff over 1 year ago
Light matter, dark matter, whatsa matter, alma matter? Don’t forget crimson matter—oops—madder.
Teto85 Premium Member over 1 year ago
It doesn’t matter, matter is energy.