Full Idea
Four types of earth found a place on Lavoisier's list of elements.
Gist of Idea
Lavoisier's elements included four types of earth
Source
Weisberg/Needham/Hendry (Philosophy of Chemistry [2011], 1.2)
Book Reference
'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Stanford University [plato.stanford.edu], p.6
A Reaction
A nice intermediate point between the ancient Greek and the modern view of earth.