A course of six lectures on the chemical history of a candle : to which is added, a lecture on platinum / by Michael Faraday ; edited by William Crookes.

  • Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867.
Date:
1865
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Credit: A course of six lectures on the chemical history of a candle : to which is added, a lecture on platinum / by Michael Faraday ; edited by William Crookes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library at Emory University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University.

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    CONTENTS. LECTURE I. PAGE A CANDLE: THE FLAME—ITS SOURCES—STRUCTURE— MOBILITY—BRIGHTNESS, 1 LECTURE II. A CANDLE: BRIGHTNESS OF THE FLAME—AIR NECES- SARY FOR COMBUSTION—PRODUCTION OF WATER, 30 LECTURE III. PRODUCTS: WATER FROM THE COMBUSTION—NATURE OF WATER—A COMPOUND—HYDROGEN, . . 54 LECTURE IV. HYDROGEN IN THE CANDLE—BURNS INTO WATER — THE OTHER PART OF WATER—OXYGEN, . . 84 LECTURE V. OXYGEN PRESENT IN THE AIR—NATURE OF THE AT- MOSPHERE—ITS PROPERTIES—OTHER PRODUCTS FROM THE CANDLE—CARBONIC ACID—ITS PRO- PERTIES, Ill