phlogiston
suomi-englanti sanakirjaphlogiston englannista suomeksi
flogiston
Substantiivi
phlogiston englanniksi
The hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be up|given up by them in burning.
(quote-book) air was universally reputed to be a simple or elementary body. It was liable, according to the phlogistians, to vitiation, by the addition to it of phlogiston(..) being more or less phlogisticated, according to the degree of its power to support respiration and combustion.
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