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 -- Regards, John Durham <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> ICQ number 571215671 Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Blog http://pc-tech-upper-hutt.blogspot.com/ Get a copy of my novel entitled "Return" at http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=1382737 Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.