Select the Best Statement About Chemistry Before 1800

Multiple Choice

Select the best statement about chemistry before 1800.

A) Alchemy focused on objective experimentation rather than mystical explanations of processes.
B) The phlogiston theory laid a valuable theoretical basis for modern chemistry.
C) Lavoisier's quantitative work on the role of oxygen in combustion was the beginning of modern chemistry.
D) The interpretation of data by alchemists was not biased by their overall view of life.
E) Alchemists failed because they did not develop any practical chemical methods.