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phlogiston::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of phlogiston
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We spend no time in the thermodynamics articles discussing the phlogiston theory.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Faced with inconsistent experimental results, Priestley employed phlogiston theory.
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You might as well say that phlogiston theory was found to be wrong.
From the newscientist.com
He concluded that the commonly accepted phlogiston theory was false.
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If this is the case, it would be hard to discard dark matter as just another kind of phlogiston.
From the npr.org
In the future, astronomers will probably look at the big bang like we look at phlogiston today.
From the newscientist.com
That the earth is flat and that fire is caused by phlogiston were also once held to be immutable truths.
From the forbes.com
Phlogiston theory was a conceptual breakthrough that helped chemists conduct experiments and share ideas.
From the sciencedaily.com
And let's suppose that up until 1778, the mainstream scientists accepted the phlogiston idea as correct.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning
- The phlogiston theory is a superseded scientific theory that postulated that a fire-like element called phlogiston is contained within combustible bodies and released during combustion. The name comes from the Ancient Greek u03C6u03BBu03BFu03B3u03B9u03C3u03C4u03CCu03BD phlogistu00F3n (burning up), from u03C6u03BBu03CCu03BE phlu00F3x (flame). It was first stated in 1667 by Johann Joachim Becher, and then put together more formally by Georg Ernst Stahl...
- The hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning
- A hypothetical elastic fluid which was seen as a metalizing and combustible principle. Metals were seen as the result of combining calces with phlogiston; smelting expelled the phlogiston. In combustion, phlogiston leaves the combustible body to combine with air or saturate air. ...
- A hypothetical substance originally used to account for the property of inflammability. It later was made to carry many more properties and formed a central point for the theoretical beliefs of a central point for the theoretical beliefs of a number of eighteenth-century chemists.
