单词phlogiston
n.: 热素
网络: 燃素；燃素说；为燃素
(古代化学认为可燃物中存在的)燃素,热素
A thing was inflammable if it contained phlogiston.
一样东西如果含有燃素，它就能燃烧。
As has been mentioned, some postulated that phlogiston has negative weight ( levity ).
正如所提到的那样，某些燃素会减轻（轻率）的假定。
There are few Ptolemaic astronomers left, or believers in the phlogiston theory of combustion.
如今，没有几个天文学家信奉托勒密的地心说，也不会有人相信燃素说。
History of Chemistry Burning is decomposition process : Fuel =phlogiston metal + ash =phlogiston ash + phlogiston Third part Third part
燃烧是分解过程：可燃物=灰烬+燃素金属=锻灰+燃素
Command of Scientific Mode of Thinking and Rise and Decline of Phlogiston Theory
从燃素说的兴衰看掌握科学思维方法