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Phlogiston: When Science Was Wrong About Fire

2019-03-05

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The mind-blowing story of when science was wrong about fire and how oxygen revolutionized chemistry.

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WORKS CITED:

General:

https://www.encyclopedia.com/science-and-technology/chemistry/chemistry-general/phlogiston-theory

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236233353_Phlogiston_The_Rise_and_Fall_of_a_Theory

http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100323514

https://www.britannica.com/science/phlogiston

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlogiston_theory

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2003/may/15/research.highereducation1

Fire:

https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/fire1.htm

https://www.britannica.com/science/combustion/Combustion-phenomena-and-classification#ref285211

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combustion

https://www.thoughtco.com/combustion-reactions-604030

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/747-what-is-fire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_of_fire_by_early_humans

Johann Becher:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Becher,_Johann_Joachim

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johann-Joachim-Becher

http://uh.edu/engines/epi2088.htm

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Encyclopedia_Americana_(1920)/Becher,_Johann_Joachim

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed012p151

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Joachim_Becher

Georg Earnst Stahl:

https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/science-and-technology/chemistry-biographies/georg-ernst-stahl

https://biography.yourdictionary.com/georg-ernst-stahl

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georg-Ernst-Stahl

http://rbx-exhibit2000.scs.illinois.edu/stahl.htm

https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1955.htm

Joseph Priestley:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Priestley

https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/joseph-priestley

https://www.famousscientists.org/joseph-priestley/

Antoine Lavoisier:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoine-Laurent-Lavoisier

/youtube/video/QiiyvzZBKT8

http://www.sussexvt.k12.de.us/science/The%20History%20of%20the%20World%201500-1899/Lavoisier%20Publishes%20First%20Chemical%20Textbook.htm

/youtube/video/2S6e11NBwiw

https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/antoine-laurent-lavoisier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Lavoisier

https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/lavoisier/antoine-laurent-lavoisier-commemorative-booklet.pdf

Everything Else:

https://sites.psu.edu/siowfa14/2014/12/05/how-do-wood-and-metal-react-to-being-burnt-and-why-do-they-react-this-way/

https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/why-does-breathing-pure-oxygen-kill-you/

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