[pchelpers] Re: Here is something to test your knowledge

  • From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:06:46 +1300

Trudy Alatorre wrote:
> I am trying to expand my vocabulary, and look words up that I am not sure of. 
> But this one stunned me. (English is not my first language, I am German)
> That is a cool site, thanks for sharing that.
> Trudy 
That's good. The word came up in my early studies of chemistry. It 
belongs to a time when people did not know what fire really was.
> 
> 
> What is (or was) "phlogiston"?
> If you are not sure after a good think, try looking here:
> http://www.answers.com/topic/phlogiston


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