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Phlogiston theory - Wikipedia
The phlogiston theory, a superseded scientific theory, postulated the existence of a fire-like element dubbed phlogiston
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PHLOGISTON Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PHLOGISTON is the hypothetical principle of fire regarded formerly as a material substance.
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Phlogiston | Forgotten Realms Wiki - Fandom
The phlogiston was an opaque, brilliant, multicolored ether that did not resemble any of the four elements. It could not exist inside crystal spheres and ...
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phlogiston
phlogiston Chem. (fləʊˈdʒɪstən, -ˈgɪstən) [mod.L., a. Gr. ϕλογιστόν, neuter of ϕλογιστός burnt up, inflammable, vbl. adj. from ϕλογίζ-ειν to set on fire, f. ϕλόξ, ϕλογ- flame, ablaut deriv. of ϕλεγ-, root of ϕλέγ-ειν to burn.] A hypothetical substance or ‘principle’ formerly supposed to exist in com...
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Phlogiston | Antoine Lavoisier, Fire | Britannica
Phlogiston, in early chemical theory, hypothetical principle of fire, of which every combustible substance was in part composed.
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True elements — Lavoisier and Phlogiston | Chem 13 News Magazine
According to this theory, when a material burns (combusts), phlogiston is emanated and is released into the atmosphere. One can actually “see” and “hear” the ...
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Jean Pierre Chardenon
He interpreted the weight increase of metals upon calcination in 1762 as being due to the loss of phlogiston and used the analogy of a fishnet being buoyed Once the corks were lost, just like phlogiston, the fishnet would become heavy, he claimed.
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The logic of phlogiston | Feature - RSC Education
The phlogiston theory · All combustible substances contain phlogiston. · The more phlogiston a substance contains, the better and more completely it burns.
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Phlogiston theory - Oxford Reference
A former theory of combustion in which all flammable objects were supposed to contain a substance called phlogiston, which was released when the object burned.
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PHLOGISTON Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Phlogiston definition: a nonexistent chemical that, prior to the discovery of oxygen, was thought to be released during combustion.
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Phlogiston - Creation Ministries International
The phlogiston theory was that all material was made up of three basic components: the pure form of the material, the essence of fire (called ...
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phlogistian
phlogistian (fləʊˈdʒɪstɪən) [f. phlogiston + -ian.] A believer in the existence or theory of phlogiston.1799 Sir H. Davy in Beddoes Contrib. Phys. & Med. Knowl. 67 The phlogistians were obliged to consider all combustible bodies as combinations of different..substances with the undemonstrated phlogi...
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Johann Friedrich Meyer
Johann Friedrich Meyer (24 October 1705 – 2 November 1765) was a Thuringian chemist and pharmacist who ardently supported the phlogiston theory even after He said phlogiston converted calxes into metals while acidum pingue calcined metals (CaCO3 + "acidum pinque" -> CaO).
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phlogistic
phlogistic, a. (n.) (fləʊˈdʒɪstɪk, -ˈgɪstɪk) [In sense 1, mod. f. phlogiston: cf. mod.L. phlogisticus, F. phlogistique (1762 in Dict. Acad.); in senses 2, 3, immediately f. Gr. ϕλογιστ-ός inflammable, inflamed + -ic.] I. 1. Chem. Of the nature of or consisting of phlogiston; † containing phlogiston,...
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Richard Lubbock
Lubbock noted that his teacher Joseph Black taught phlogiston theory, despite having lost confidence in its soundness. Lubbock also examined if "phlogiston" was involved in the gravitational force.
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