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 about 2 years ago
It is basically that energy is neither created or destroyed. Matter is just another form of energy.
Tyge about 2 years ago
Lavoisier never had kids! 8^ )
Alias1600 about 2 years 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 about 2 years ago
Except the matter is all still there. It’s just that it changed form.
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member about 2 years ago
Quite a bit of it went up the chimney too. :-)
well-i-never about 2 years ago
Who’s going to be the first to say, “If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”?
mamarose127 Premium Member about 2 years ago
This is identical to “One must haul ash very slowly”
joe.altmaier about 2 years 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 about 2 years 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 about 2 years ago
A shop vaccuum cleans a fireplace out quicker.
ScullyUFO about 2 years 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 Premium Member about 2 years 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 about 2 years ago
E = mc^2
poppacapsmokeblower about 2 years ago
“Matter is just ‘packets’ of energy,” always scares me.
annefackler61 about 2 years ago
It Don’t Matter to Me…Bread
spaced man spliff about 2 years ago
Light matter, dark matter, whatsa matter, alma matter? Don’t forget crimson matter—oops—madder.
Teto85 Premium Member about 2 years ago
It doesn’t matter, matter is energy.