protyle

protyle
noun /ˈpɹəʊtaɪl/
A hypothetical base substance from which all chemical elements were believed to have been made; subatomic particles.

Dumas wondered whether the fundamental building blocks of atoms might be some smaller division of the hydrogen atom: a half, say, or a quarter. This basic substance became known as ‘protyle’.


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