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ESTRAYS (law)


ESTRAYS. Cattle whose owner is unknown. 2. In the United States, generally, it is presumed by local 2. In the United States, generally, it is presumed by local regulations, they are subject to, being sold for the benefit of the poor, of regulations, they are subject to, being sold for the benefit of the poor, of some Other public use, of the place where found. some Other public use, of the place where found.

phlogiston theory (medicine)


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phlogiston
<chemistry> The hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regarded by Stahl as a chemical element.

This was supposed to be united with combustible (phlogisticated) bodies and to be separated from incombustible (dephlogisticated) bodies, the phenomena of flame and burning being the escape of phlogiston. Soot and sulphur were regarded as nearly pure phlogiston. The essential principle of this theory was, that combustion was a decomposition rather than the union and combination which it has since been shown to be.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Burnt, set on fire, fr. To set on fire, to burn, fr, a flame, blaze. See Phlox.

Source: Websters Dictionary