▁were ▁given ▁the ▁terminal ▁letters ▁" ate ," ▁as ▁in ▁co pper ▁sul f ate , ▁whereas ▁the ▁sal ts ▁of ▁the ▁" ous " ▁ac ids ▁terminated ▁with ▁the ▁suffix ▁" ite ," ▁as ▁in ▁co pper ▁sul f ite . ▁The ▁total ▁effect ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁nom en cl ature ▁can ▁be ▁g aug ed ▁by ▁comparing ▁the ▁new ▁name ▁" co pper ▁sul f ate " ▁with ▁the ▁old ▁term ▁" v it ri ol ▁of ▁Ven us ." ▁Lav ois ier ' s ▁new ▁nom en cl ature ▁spread ▁throughout ▁Europe ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁became ▁common ▁use ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁chem istry . ▁This ▁marked ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁anti - ph log istic ▁approach ▁to ▁the ▁field . ▁ ▁Chem ical ▁revolution ▁and ▁opposition ▁Antoine ▁Lav ois ier ▁is ▁commonly ▁c ited ▁as ▁a ▁central ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁the ▁chemical ▁revolution . ▁His ▁precise ▁measurements ▁and ▁met icul ous ▁keeping ▁of ▁balance ▁sheets ▁throughout ▁his ▁experiment ▁were ▁vital ▁to ▁the ▁w ides p read ▁accept ance ▁of ▁the ▁law ▁of ▁conservation ▁of ▁mass . ▁His ▁introduction ▁of ▁new ▁termin ology , ▁a ▁bin omial ▁system ▁mode led ▁after ▁that ▁of ▁Lin na eus , ▁also ▁helps ▁to ▁mark ▁the ▁dram atic ▁changes ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁which ▁are ▁referred ▁to ▁generally ▁as ▁the ▁chemical ▁revolution . ▁Lav ois ier ▁encountered ▁much ▁opposition ▁in ▁trying ▁to ▁change ▁the ▁field , ▁especially ▁from ▁British ▁ph log istic ▁scient ists . ▁Joseph ▁Pri est ley , ▁Richard ▁Kir