▁buy ▁a ▁printing ▁works ▁so ▁that ▁du ▁Pont ▁could ▁publish ▁a ▁newspaper , ▁La ▁Cor respond ance ▁Patri ot ique . ▁The ▁plan ▁was ▁for ▁this ▁to ▁include ▁both ▁reports ▁of ▁deb ates ▁in ▁the ▁National ▁Const itu ent ▁Assembly ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁papers ▁from ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences . ▁The ▁revolution ▁quickly ▁dis rupted ▁the ▁elder ▁du ▁Pont ' s ▁first ▁newspaper , ▁but ▁his ▁son ▁E . I . ▁du ▁Pont ▁soon ▁launched ▁Le ▁Republic ain ▁and ▁published ▁Lav ois ier ' s ▁latest ▁chem istry ▁texts . ▁Lav ois ier ▁also ▁cha ired ▁the ▁commission ▁set ▁up ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁uniform ▁system ▁of ▁weights ▁and ▁measures ▁which ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 7 9 1 ▁recommended ▁the ▁ad option ▁of ▁the ▁metric ▁system . ▁The ▁new ▁system ▁of ▁weights ▁and ▁measures ▁was ▁adopted ▁by ▁the ▁Convention ▁on ▁ 1 ▁August ▁ 1 7 9 3 . ▁Lav ois ier ▁himself ▁was ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁commission ▁on ▁weights ▁and ▁measures ▁on ▁ 2 3 ▁December ▁ 1 7 9 3 , ▁together ▁with ▁Lap lace ▁and ▁several ▁other ▁members , ▁for ▁political ▁reasons . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁last ▁major ▁works ▁was ▁a ▁proposal ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Convention ▁for ▁the ▁reform ▁of ▁French ▁education . ▁He ▁also ▁interven ed ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁foreign - born ▁scient ists ▁including ▁math ematic ian ▁Joseph ▁Louis ▁Lag range , ▁helping ▁to ▁ex empt ▁them ▁from ▁a ▁mand ate ▁stri pping ▁all ▁foreign ers ▁of ▁poss essions ▁and ▁freedom . ▁ ▁Final ▁days