The Chemical History of a Candle
The Chemical History of a Candle reproduces the six Christmas lectures Michael Faraday gave to young people at the Royal Institution in London in 1860 and 1861, edited by William Crookes. Starting from a single burning candle, Faraday explains how wax becomes fuel, why a flame has its shape and brightness, and what the candle produces as it burns, and moves on to water, hydrogen and oxygen, the composition of the air, carbon and carbonic acid, and the parallel between combustion and breathing. The lectures keep the sound of a demonstration, full of experiments described step by step. This edition adds a lecture on platinum. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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