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wikipedia|phlogiston theory

Noun
en-noun|-|sg=dephlogisticated air

1. context|chemistry|obsolete oxygen|Oxygen.

#*2002, Philip Ball, The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2004, p. 30:
#*:Priestley never swayed from his firm conviction in the phlogiston theory as long as he lived, and he called his new gas ‘dephlogisticated air’.

• 2007-10-20 10:44 - Widsith - /* Noun */

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