On Sat, 5 Feb 2011 10:29:34 -0800 (PST), K1TTT wrote:

Faraday was proven wrong many times by much later experiments.

It would be interesting to see one such example.

Faraday's classic "The Chemical History of a Candle" may be expressed
in archaic language (not really that archaic once you get into the
vernacular), but it is an example of extremely clear analysis and
instruction. There is absolutely nothing wrong anywhere in that
recital.

Faraday examined the properties of induction - action at a distance -
in equally archaic terms, but with scientifically rigorous methods.
The archaic language was confined to terms of invention. Phlogiston,
as both a term and concept, was an invented word that was current
during his life.

I am sure he used the Phlogiston in correspondence with those who
understood its context. However, the nature of that correspondence
reveals that neither party "believed" in it as a force of nature, and
merely used the term and concept as a touchstone insofar as it was a
focus of debate.

In other words, for them the debate was over and Phlogiston was an
intellectual dead-end, but the focus of the underlying question it was
supposed to have answered was a question still being discussed.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC