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Identifier: dictionnairepitt07guri (find matches) Title: Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle et des phénomènes de la nature Year: 1838 (1830s) Authors: Guérin-Méneville, F.-E. (Félix-Edouard) Subjects: Publisher: Paris Contributing Library: Natural History Museum Library, London Digitizing Sponsor: Natural History Museum Library, London View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: PI. 4-86. Sra Text Appearing After Image: j_ . Pliloiniie .Ph.oli3.ote .i. Ptonvgamè PHLO 389 PHLO ne devait pas lui appartenir ; il était réservé à unchimiste français, à notre savant Lavoisier. Lavoisier prouva , par de nombreuses et bellesrecherches sur la nature et la cause de loxidationet de lacidification des corps combustibles, queloxygène, loin de se combiner avec le Phlogisti-que, comme le disait Schéele, pour se dégagerensuite sous forme de calorique et de lumière ,était absorbé, et que son absorption augmentaitdautant le poids du corps qui avait subi la com-bustion. De là la nouvelle direction imprimée h lascience par le vaste génie du chimiste français ; delà aussi la nouvelle théorie quil établit en 1789,théorie qui, dans le principe, fut appelée anti-phlogistique, puis pneumatique. (F. F.) PHLOIOTRIBES. P/doiotribes. ( ins. ) Genrede lordre des Coléoptères, section des Pentamè-res, familles desXylophages, tribu des Scolytaires,établi par Latreille, et qui diffère de tous les au-tres ge Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.