Chemisches Journal, thought to be the first chemical
journal, is established by Lorenz von Crell. Published 1778-84, subsequently
renamed Chemische Annalen and published 1784-1803. It already included
some abstracts.
1787
Méthode de Nomenclature Chimique,
by Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Antoine Laurent
Lavoisier, Claude Louis Berthollet, and Antoine François de
Fourcroy, is published in Paris. Created from Greek and Latin roots, the
nomenclature system represents what Lavoisier's followers understand about
the composition of hundreds of substances.
1789
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Louis Bernard, Guyton de Moreau,
Claude Louis Berthollet, and Antoin François de Fourcroy establish
the Annales de chimie.
The first U.S. chemical society is founded in Philadelphia.
