Category:Obsolete scientific theories

A

• [+] Aether theories (0)
• [+] Alchemy (6)

B

• [+] Obsolete medical theories (1)

B cont.

• [+] Obsolete biological theories (0)

C

• [+] Classical elements (0)
• [+] Early scientific cosmologies (2)

G

• [+] Greek alchemy (0)

P

• [+] Phrenology (1)

S

• [+] Scientific racism (2)

• Superseded scientific theories

A

• Adamic language
• Aether (classical element)
• Aether drag hypothesis
• Age Crisis
• Air (classical element)
• Alchemy in history
• Antiperistasis

B

• Barlow's law
• Birth cries of atoms

C

• Caloric theory
• Central Fire
• Contact electrification
• Coronium
• Corpuscular theory of light
• Cubical atom
• Cyclol

D

• Dark star
• De Sitter double star experiment
• Dirac large numbers hypothesis
• List of discredited substances

E

• Earth (classical element)
• Emission theory
• Emission theory (vision)
• Energy (psychological)
• Enochian
• Etheric force
• Expanding Earth

F

• Fermentation theory
• Firmament
• Flat Earth
• Fluid theory of electricity

G

• Galactocentrism
• Geocentric model
• Geophysical global cooling
• Paul Gerber

H

• Heliocentrism
• History of astrology
• Hollow Earth
• Hollow Moon
• Horror vacui (physics)
• Humorism

I

• Imponderable fluid
• Island of California

J

• Japhetic theory

L

• Laser star model of quasars
• Le Sage's theory of gravitation
• Limbic system
• Lorentz ether theory
• Luminiferous aether

M

• Magnetic photon
• Martian canal
• Mechanical explanations of gravitation
• Milne model

N

• N ray
• Neptunism
• Non-standard cosmology

N cont.

• Nordström's theory of gravitation

O

• Open Polar Sea

P

• Passing star hypothesis
• Phantom of the Poles
• Phlogiston theory
• Phrenology
• Pleomorphism
• Plum pudding model

R

• Rain follows the plow
• Reactivity–selectivity principle
• Samuel Rowbotham
• Rutherford model

S

• State theory
• Static universe
• Steady State theory
• Sublunary sphere

T

• Tetrahedral hypothesis
• Theory of impetus
• Tired light
• Toroidal ring model
• Trepidation (astronomy)
• Tychonic system

V

• Vis viva
• Vitalism
• Vortex theory of gravity
• Vulcan (hypothetical planet)

W

• Water (classical element)
• Welteislehre
• Whitehead's theory of gravitation