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An edition of Course of six lectures on the chemical history of a candle (1861)

A course of six lectures on the chemical history of a candle

to which is added a lecture on platinum

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Presents a newly illustrated edition of Faraday's six classic lectures that provide an introduction to the principles of combustion. Includes twenty-two experiments that demonstrate the argument of the lectures.

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Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Language
English
Pages
223

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Subjects
Candles, Chemistry, Combustion, Experiments, Fire, Flame, History, Juvenile literature, Light, Light sources, Lighting, Platinum

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Cover of: A Chemical History of a Candle
A Chemical History of a Candle
May 11, 2007, Book Jungle
Paperback in English
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Cover of: The chemical history of a candle
The chemical history of a candle
2002, Dover Publications
in English - Dover ed.
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Cover of: Faraday's chemical history of a candle
Faraday's chemical history of a candle
1988, Chicago Review Press, Distributed by Independent Publishers Group
in English - 1st ed.
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Cover of: The chemical history of a candle
The chemical history of a candle: a course of lectures delivered before a juvenile audience at the Royal Institution
1908, Chatto and Windus
- A new impression with illustrations.
Cover of: A course of six lectures on the chemical history of a candle
A course of six lectures on the chemical history of a candle: to which is added a lecture on platinum
1878, Harper & Brothers
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A course of six lectures on the chemical history of a candle: to which is added a lecture on platinum
1861, Harper

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Table of Contents

A candle
Brightness of the flame
Products
Hydrogen in the candle
Oxygen present in the air
Carbon or charcoal
Lecture on platinum
Notes.

Edition Notes

Delivered before a juvenile auditory at the Royal Institution of Great Britain during the Christmas holidays of 1860-1.

King Collection copy has a bookplate pasted to front pastedown, from the Western Female Seminary in Oxford, Ohio: "Presented by Preserved Smith, 1880."

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Juvenile literature
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Chemical history of a candle

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viii, 223 p. :
Number of pages
223

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OL15592842M

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"I purpose, in return for the honor you do us by coming to see what are our proceedings here, to bring before you, in the course of these lectures, the Chemical History of a Candle."

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