David Brewster
Published: 2016-11-12
Total Pages: 496
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Excerpt from The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, Vol. 35: January-June, 1868 Phlogiston was not a new creation; possessing other names, and endued with ill defined and varying functions, it had been conspicuous in many physical systems. The, chief merit of Becher and Stahl was that they extended its functions in one direction, and conferred upon them a definitiveness which they had hitherto lacked. The theory of phlogiston was not the result of a sudden development, it did not owe its existence to an intellectual exploit, but it arose by a process of evolution, and by a gradual modus of development. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.