The tradition was crazy but he either should not have provoked his so called friend or he should have refused the challenge to a duel. When a Chemist was challenged to a duel. He suggested that we should have one tablet poisonous and the other one not poisonous. The way I understand the story the one who was good at fighting refused the challenge. Many French Noble men got killed every year in duels in eighteenth century France. It is a combination of factors which caused his death.
I did have a quick look at the story on the web but never heard of him before tonight.
Apparently they used to have duels in Russia as well as in France.
The tradition was crazy but he either should not have provoked his so called friend or he should have refused the challenge to a duel. When a Chemist was challenged to a duel. He suggested that we should have one tablet poisonous and the other one not poisonous. The way I understand the story the one who was good at fighting refused the challenge. Many French Noble men got killed every year in duels in eighteenth century France. It is a combination of factors which caused his death.
I did have a quick look at the story on the web but never heard of him before tonight.
Apparently they used to have duels in Russia as well as in France.
