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Tag: phlogiston

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1955: Stahl, Phlogiston, and Anima

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 15, 2020 · Episode: 1955 Stahl, Phlogiston, Anima, and Understanding. Today, heat as substance.

Tags anima Aristotelian essences Becher combustion medicine mind and body philosophy phlogiston Stahl thermodynamics vitalism vitalist

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1956: William Cleghorn

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 8, 2020 · Episode: 1956 The forgotten William Cleghorn and his forgotten caloric. Today, a historical footnote.

Tags Benjamin Franklin caloric Edinburgh fame George Cleghorn Horace James Watt Joseph Black latent heats phlogiston thermal expansion William Cleghron

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1732: E. M. Forster & Thermodynamics

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 19, 2019 · Episode: 1732 E. M. Forster thinks about Emilie du Chatelet, Voltaire, and Thermodynamics. Today, E. M Forster, Voltaire, and thermodynamics.

Tags caloric Emile de Bretieul Enlightment French Revolution literature Marquise of Chatelet mechanical theory of heat phlogiston physics thermodynamics Voltaire

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1673: Marie Lavoisier

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 24, 2019 · Episode: 1673 Who was Marie Lavoisier, amanuensis or collaborator? Today, meet Marie Lavoisier.

Tags Antoine Lavoisier chemistry Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze Marie Lavoisier Marriage of Figaro mozart oxygen painter David phlogiston Pierre-Samuel duPont de Nemours revolution Richard Kirwan scientific illustration women

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity: 1604 Hydrogen

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 28, 2018 · Episode: 1604 In which hydrogen balloons bind science to technology. Today, hydrogen — in 1783.

Tags Alexendre Charles Boulton Cavendish chemistry combustion Erasmus Darwin industrial revolution lavoisier Montgolfier paracelsus phlogiston Priestley watt wedgwood

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1515: Oxygen

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 23, 2018 · Episode: 1515 The would-be discovery of oxygen and scientific revolution. Today, let’s try to find out who discovered oxygen.  

Tags chemical reaction chemistry Dalton Kuhn lavoisier phlogiston Priestley Scheele

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1508: Alchemy

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 7, 2018 · Episode: 1508 The alchemists and chemistry before the middle 19th century. Today, we remember alchemy.

Tags aristotle caloric essences green Meredith phlogiston science

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