We have never been whiggish (About Phlogiston)1

Centaurus

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 239-264

  Chang, Hasok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical Revolution; Phlogiston; Whiggism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650097867     PISSN: 00088994     EISSN: 16000498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0498.2009.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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