Phlogiston

The way to find how much Phlogiston is contain'd in any given Body as I learn'd from Mr. More

The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

Phlogiston turned out to be nothing but a figment of imagination.

Another Look 2009

In the comments, Phlogiston posted an article by Kalmanovitch who is a geophysicist in Calgary.

It's always the third goddamn reviewer that screws us over EliRabett 2010

From the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis to zero-point energy, via the Hieronymous Machine and Phlogiston, FAR OUT tells the stories that are all too often ignored, lost, or simply forgotten by conventional science books.

FAR OUT: The Mechanical Messiah Is Born! | Disinformation 2007

If you're wearing $2,500,000 in jewelry or carrying the secret master plans to the Phlogiston Ray on your person then it might make sense to keep criminals in the dark about how dangerous you are.

"Madison gun owner Auric Gold said he often carries a handgun in a holster while walking in his east side neighborhood..." Ann Althouse 2009

Phlogiston, for the uninitiated, was an hypothesis that an invisible and undetectable substance in space existed through which wave phenomena were propagated ... because, said the scientific moguls of the day, without a substance what would the waves be OF, anyway, certainly not seawater or air or amber grain.

Dark Energy 2009

Global warming is the Phlogiston Theory for the 21st century.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

From the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis to zero-point energy, via the Hieronymous Machine and Phlogiston, FAR OUT tells the stories that are all too often ignored, lost, or simply forgotten by conventional science books.

10 Most Bizarre Scientific Papers | Disinformation 2007

But I had guessed that Phlogiston was somewhere in the Pamirs…

N.Y. Times mines its data to identify words that readers find abstruse » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009

But as much as I try, I can't think of a better title. (although I think "Who Moved My Phlogiston" would have been a good one).

The Smart Set Matthew Guerrieri 2007