Thesaurus / phlogiston
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Thus we say that the union of phlogiston to a particular kind of earth is the cause of its becoming a metal.
HEADS OF LECTURES ON A COURSE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY: PARTICULARLY INCLUDING CHEMISTRYJOSEPH PRIESTLEYIt dissolves many substances containing phlogiston, as iron, dry flesh, &c. and thereby forms a little inflammable air.
HEADS OF LECTURES ON A COURSE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY: PARTICULARLY INCLUDING CHEMISTRYJOSEPH PRIESTLEYThese facts shew that alkaline air consists chiefly of phlogiston.
HEADS OF LECTURES ON A COURSE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY: PARTICULARLY INCLUDING CHEMISTRYJOSEPH PRIESTLEYThe nitrous acid unites with phlogiston, alkalis, metallic substances, and calcareous earth.
HEADS OF LECTURES ON A COURSE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY: PARTICULARLY INCLUDING CHEMISTRYJOSEPH PRIESTLEYIt is less capable of concentration than the vitriolic or nitrous acids, perhaps from a more intimate union of phlogiston with it.
HEADS OF LECTURES ON A COURSE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY: PARTICULARLY INCLUDING CHEMISTRYJOSEPH PRIESTLEYThis metal readily parts with its phlogiston, so as to be very subject to calcine, or rust, by exposure to the air.
HEADS OF LECTURES ON A COURSE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY: PARTICULARLY INCLUDING CHEMISTRYJOSEPH PRIESTLEYIn consequence of its readily parting with its phlogiston, it is capable of burning, like wood or other fuel, in pure air.
HEADS OF LECTURES ON A COURSE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY: PARTICULARLY INCLUDING CHEMISTRYJOSEPH PRIESTLEYDuring the solution the phlogiston of the tin uniting with the acid, forms sulphur, which makes it turbid.
HEADS OF LECTURES ON A COURSE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY: PARTICULARLY INCLUDING CHEMISTRYJOSEPH PRIESTLEYAlso, if diamond powder be triturated with vitriolic acid, it turns it black, which is another proof of its containing phlogiston.
HEADS OF LECTURES ON A COURSE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY: PARTICULARLY INCLUDING CHEMISTRYJOSEPH PRIESTLEYOthers believe that earth and phlogiston are the things from which all material nature has derived its origin.
DISCOVERY OF OXYGEN, PART 2CARL WILHELM SCHEELEWORDS RELATED TO PHLOGISTON
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