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How to pronounce phlogiston
“phlogiston” pronunciation in real English speech
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“phlogiston” in real sentences
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in the phlogiston theory.
Intelligence Squared
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By burning these phlogiston-containing elements, they would lose their phlogiston, and become new things.
CrashCourse
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