Categories: Alternative conceptions
An example of a historical scientific idea now considered an alternative conception,
"…Becher would not acknowledge that his phlogiston had failed as an explanation of burning…'my phlogiston may some times possess the power of levity-it weighs less than nothing. Naturally, then, the ash of your metals weighs more than the metals you burned'."
Bernard Jaffe (1934) Crucibles. The Lives and Achievements of the Great Chemists. Jarrolds Publishers.
