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The Rise of the Phlogiston Theory of Fire
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The late seventeenth century saw the rise of the phlogiston (pronounced FLO-jis-ton) theory of fire, which sought to explain the burning of objects. ...
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The Rise and Fall of the Phlogiston Theory of Fire
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At the beginning of the eighteenth century the Phlogiston theory of fire dominated. By the end of the eighteenth century, however, the Phlog...
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Phlogiston
During the seventeenth century, chemists needed a broad conceptual system to explain what caused the chemical reactions they observed. The phlogiston theory of combustion was the first comp...
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The Rise of the Phlogiston Theory of Fire
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