▁the ▁General ▁Farm , ▁which ▁allowed ▁him ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁science ▁full - time , ▁live ▁comfort ably , ▁and ▁allowed ▁him ▁to ▁contribute ▁finan cially ▁to ▁better ▁the ▁community . ▁( It ▁would ▁also ▁contribute ▁to ▁his ▁dem ise ▁during ▁the ▁Re ign ▁of ▁T error ▁many ▁years ▁later .) ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁very ▁difficult ▁to ▁secure ▁public ▁fund ing ▁for ▁the ▁sciences ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁and ▁addition ally ▁not ▁very ▁finan cially ▁prof itable ▁for ▁the ▁average ▁scient ist , ▁so ▁Lav ois ier ▁used ▁his ▁wealth ▁to ▁open ▁a ▁very ▁expensive ▁and ▁s oph istic ated ▁labor atory ▁in ▁France ▁so ▁that ▁asp iring ▁scient ists ▁could ▁study ▁without ▁the ▁bar riers ▁of ▁se cur ing ▁fund ing ▁for ▁their ▁research . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁pushed ▁for ▁public ▁education ▁in ▁the ▁sciences . ▁He ▁founded ▁two ▁organizations , ▁ ▁and ▁Musée ▁des ▁Arts ▁et ▁M ét iers , ▁which ▁were ▁created ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁educational ▁tools ▁for ▁the ▁public . ▁Fund ed ▁by ▁the ▁wealth y ▁and ▁noble , ▁the ▁Ly c ée ▁regularly ▁taught ▁courses ▁to ▁the ▁public ▁beginning ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 3 . ▁ ▁F erme ▁générale ▁and ▁marriage ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 2 6 , ▁around ▁the ▁time ▁he ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences , ▁Lav ois ier ▁bought ▁a ▁share ▁in ▁the ▁F erme ▁générale , ▁a ▁tax ▁far ming ▁financial ▁company ▁which ▁advanced ▁the ▁estimated ▁tax ▁re venue ▁to ▁the ▁royal ▁government ▁in ▁return ▁for ▁the ▁right ▁to