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Noun Concept
Categories: 1667 introductions, Obsolete theories in physics, Obsolete theories in chemistry, Misidentified chemical elements, Combustion
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phlogiston theory  phlogiston  dephlogisticate  dephlogisticated  dephlogisticated air
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The phlogiston theory is a superseded scientific theory that postulated the existence of a fire-like element called phlogiston contained within combustible bodies and released during combustion. Wikipedia
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The phlogiston theory is a superseded scientific theory that postulated the existence of a fire-like element called phlogiston contained within combustible bodies and released during combustion. Wikipedia
Supposed fire-like element contained within combustible bodies and released during combustion, according to superseded scientific theories of the 17th and 18th centuries Wikidata
The hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning. Wiktionary
Hypothetical fiery principle. Wiktionary (translation)
An obsolete scientific theory of combustion. Wiktionary
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Superseded theories in science
CREATOR
Johann Joachim Becher
Georg Ernst Stahl
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Nordisk familjebok
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Encyclopedic Lexicon
OPPOSITE OF
oxygen
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phlogiston theory
Wikidata
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phlogiston
Wiktionary
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phlogiston, phlogiston theory
Wikipedia Redirections
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dephlogisticate, dephlogisticated, dephlogisticated air, Dephlogisticates, Dephlogisticating, Dephlogistication, Dephlogistications, Dephlogisticator, Dephlogisticators, Flogisten, Flogistin, Flogiston, Phlogisten, Phlogisticate, phlogisticated, Phlogisticates, Phlogisticating, Phlogistication, Phlogistications, Phlogistin, Phlogiston theories, Phlostigon, Phlŏgistón, Φλογιστόν
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phlogiston theory

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