Venel, GF (English spelling) VenelGF

Japanese: Venel,G.F.(英語表記)VenelGF
Venel, GF (English spelling) VenelGF

...Thus, phlogiston came to be considered important as a metallic component, and there was a tendency to use it to explain the malleability, ductility, and opacity of metals. On the other hand, the fact that a calcined metal is heavier than the metal before it is calcined led people such as GF Venel (1723-75) to claim that phlogiston has negative weight. Phlogiston was also used for other substances besides metals, and it was even spread as a general principle of flammability that all combustible substances have phlogiston within them. ...

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Japanese:

…こうしてフロギストンは金属成分として重要視され,金属の展性や延性,不透明性などもこれによって説明される傾向を生んだ。一方,灰化金属のほうが煆焼する以前の金属よりも重いという事実は,ベネルG.F.Venel(1723‐75)のように,フロギストンが負の重さをもつ,という主張を生んだ。 フロギストンは金属以外にも転用され,むしろすべての可燃性物質は,みずからのなかにフロギストンをもつ,という可燃性一般の原理としても広がった。…

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