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Re:The Phlogiston Theory – Wonderfully wrong but fantastical... by david-given on Monday October 26, 2015 @06:14AM (#10450422)
I can strongly recommend Stephen Granades' talk on phlogiston, where he performs a small experiment to demonstrate its existence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZTD-vYhwj4

See also the sequel (on the luminiferous aether):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpNVG33awq4

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Re:The Phlogiston Theory – Wonderfully wrong but fantastical... by teddyh on Monday October 26, 2015 @07:48AM (#10450749)
You might enjoy these:

http://dresdencodak.com/2006/08/30/traversing-the-luminifero...

http://dresdencodak.com/2009/02/16/exorcising-laplaces-demon...

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Re:The Phlogiston Theory – Wonderfully wrong but fantastical... by grndn on Monday October 26, 2015 @06:51AM (#10450548)
Thanks for these -- the aether one is hilarious.
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