False start chemistry
Winterl’s “system”
Andronia and Thelycke
phlo·gis·ton
(flō-jĭs′tən)
A
colorless, odorless, weightless substance once believed to be
the combustible part of
all flammable substances and to be
given off as
flame during burning. In
the 18th century, Antoine Lavoisier proved that phlogiston does not exist. See Note at
Lavoisier.
