phlogiston

1. This hazy "phlogiston theory," this erroneous conception of burning, led chemistry along a completely false trail.
   这个莫名其妙的燃素论，对燃烧做了错误的理解，把化学扯上了一条完全错误道路。
2. A thing was inflammable if it contained phlogiston.
   一样东西如果含有燃素，它就能燃烧。
3. There were similarities between Berthollet's phlogiston theory and Lavoisier's theory of heat matter in fact, so Berthollet accepted oxygen easier.
   贝托莱的燃素学说实际上和拉瓦锡的热质理论有吻和之处，所以贝托莱比较顺利地接受了氧化学说。
4. As a matter of fact, Priestley defended the phlogiston theory right up to his death.
   事实上，普里斯特利捍卫这种燃素理论直到去世。
5. 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。
6. The phlogiston theory states that all flammable materials contain phlogiston that is liberated in burning, leaving the "dephlogisticated" substance in its "true" calx form.
   金属是灰碴与燃素的化合物，加热释放了燃素而剩下灰碴。总的说来，燃素为一切可燃物体的根本要素，油、脂、木、炭及其他燃料含有特别多的燃素。
7. The Role of False Hypothesis-Hypothesis of Phlogiston Enlightenment from Rise and Decline of Flammable Element Theory
   错误假说的作用&燃素说
8. Hypothesis of phlogiston is a false hypothesis, but it propelled chemistry development.
   燃素说是一种错误的假说，但它推动了化学的发展。

noun

1. a hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning