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English
Etymology
From phlogist(on) + -ian.
Noun
phlogistian (plural phlogistians)
- A believer in the existence of phlogiston.
1810, George Wilson, “General Sketch of Cavendish's Scientific Researches and Discoveries”, in The Life of the Honble Henry Cavendish, page 39:It [air] was liable, according to the phlogistians, to vitiation, by the addition to it of phlogiston, […]
2007, Charles Mollan, “William Higgins (1763-1825)”, in It's Part of What We Are (Science and Irish Culture; 3), volume 1, Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, →ISBN, page 236:Bryan Higgins was a "phlogistian", while William, correctly as it turned out, didn't believe in the concept.
Adjective
phlogistian (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to phlogiston or phlogiston theory.
1894 July 13, “Notices of Books”, in William Crookes, editor, The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, volume 70, number 1807:In Davy's time it was still necessary in considering any novel fact to keep the phlogistian hypothesis in view, and to demonstrate its inability to explain the new discoveries.
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