Supposed fire-like element contained within combustible substances and released during combustion, according to superseded scientific theories of the 17th and 18th centuries
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Farther experiments relating to the decomposition of dephlogisticated and inflammable air. Read April 7, 1791 / by Joseph Priestley.
Joseph PriestleyDate: 1791]- Books
Dissertatio inauguralis, de aere dephlogisticato ... / / Eruditorum examini subjicit Jonathan Stokes.
Jonathan W. StokesDate: 1782
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Chymiae elementa / in aphorismos digesta. A Ludovico Tessari ... ; Accedit ejusdem prodromus de phlogisto in coloranda corporum superficie.
Tessari, Ludovico.Date: 1772
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The discovery of oxygen, part 1. : experiments / by Joseph Priestley, LL.D. (1775).
Joseph PriestleyDate: 1894- E-books
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Two lectures on combustion supplementary to a course of lectures on chemistry. Read at Nassau-Hall. Containing an examination of Dr. Priestley's considerations on the doctrine of phlogiston, and the decomposition of water. By John Maclean, professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in the College of New-Jersey.
Maclean, John 1771-1814.Date: 1797