Faraday's Chemical History of a Candle Six Illustrated Lectures with Notes and Experiments
s/t: First Ed Pub in 1861 Under Title : A Course of Six Lectures The greatest experimental scientist Michael Faraday delivered these six lectures at London's Royal Institution. Their subjects include the components, function, and weight of the atmosphere; capillary attraction; the carbon content in oxygen and living bodies; respiration and its analogy to the burning of a candle; and much more. Numerous illustrations.