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Phlogiston Theory
Disproved · 1667
- Status
- Disproved
- Year
- 1667
Summary
Combustible bodies were said to contain phlogiston, released as they burned. The theory died when Lavoisier weighed the products and found them heavier — the awkward fix, negative mass, was one step too far.
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