What does antiphlogiston mean?
Antiphlogiston means (historical) Opposed to the phlogiston hypothesis..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(historical) Opposed to the phlogiston hypothesis..
Jameson had heard the last dying echoes of the battle between the partisans of the phlogiston and the antiphlogiston camp.
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier's Opuscules Physiques et Chemiques […] laid some of the foundation for his later antiphlogiston theory of chemistry.
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Antiphlogiston means (historical) Opposed to the phlogiston hypothesis..
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Jameson had heard the last dying echoes of the battle between the partisans of the phlogiston and the antiphlogiston camp.
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