"phlogistian" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "From phlogist(on) + -ian.",
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          "ref": "1810, George Wilson, “General Sketch of Cavendish's Scientific Researches and Discoveries”, in The Life of the Honᵇˡᵉ Henry Cavendish, page 39:",
          "text": "It [air] was liable, according to the phlogistians, to vitiation, by the addition to it of phlogiston, […]",
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          "ref": "2007, Charles Mollan, “William Higgins (1763-1825)”, in It's Part of What We Are (Science and Irish Culture; 3), volume 1, Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, →ISBN, page 236:",
          "text": "Bryan Higgins was a \"phlogistian\", while William, correctly as it turned out, didn't believe in the concept.",
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        "A believer in the existence of phlogiston."
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      "word": "antiphlogistian"
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          "ref": "1894 July 13, “Notices of Books”, in William Crookes, editor, The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, volume 70, number 1807:",
          "text": "In Davy's time it was still necessary in considering any novel fact to keep the phlogistian hypothesis in view, and to demonstrate its inability to explain the new discoveries.",
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          "text": "It [air] was liable, according to the phlogistians, to vitiation, by the addition to it of phlogiston, […]",
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