How To Say Phlogiston

In 1794, a woman published a chemistry book that challenged how scientists understood reactions. Her name was Elizabeth Fulhame. At a time when chemistry was still forming as a modern discipline, Fulhame conducted experiments that led her to a bold conclusion. She demonstrated that water could enable chemical reactions without being consumed in the process. This concept later became central to what we now call catalysis. She showed that certain metal salts would only reduce in the presence of wa