MINING, METALLURGY, AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
MINING, METALLURGY, AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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MINING, METALLURGY, AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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CIM bulletin, 2005-12, Vol.98 (1091), p.81-82
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Whether wood or coal were used as a fuel, the nature of the flame generated remained a mystery for centuries. A theory was put forward by German alchemist Georg Ernst Stahl (1660-1734), in 1723, to explain combustion; it was called the "phlogiston theory" stemming from the Greek word meaning flame. According to this theory, everything that can be b...
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MINING, METALLURGY, AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_29145667
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0317-0926
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