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Phlogiston single work   poetry   "We need to know why we blaze, when"
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Phlogiston
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Notes

  • Author's note: A nonexistent element. The theory of phlogiston was devised as an explanation as to why some things burnt. Things which had lots of phlogiston were supposed to burn well, releasing the element during combustion. Disproved with the discovery of oxygen.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Slipstream vol. 35 2015 8948420 2015 periodical issue 2015 pg. 42
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Cordite Poetry Review Explode no. 56.0 November 2016 10418589 2016 periodical issue 2016
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