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" ... perfect as in the part above. I have a drawing here, sketched many years ago by Hooker, when he made his investigations. It is the drawing of the flame of a lamp, but it will apply to the flame of a candle. The cup of the candle is the vessel or lamp... "
Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science - Page 8
1861
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A Course of Six Lectures on the Chemical History of a Candle: To which is ...

Michael Faraday - 1861 - 240 pages
...to the flame of a candle. The cup of the candle is the vessel or lamp ; the melted spermaceti is the oil ; and the wick is common to both. Upon that he...surrounding atmosphere that are very essential to the flame, and that are always present with it. There is a current formed, which draws the flame out ; for the...
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A Course of Six Lectures on the Chemical History of a Candle: To which is ...

Michael Faraday - 1861 - 114 pages
...to the flame of a candle. The cup of the candle is the vessel or lamp ; the melted spermaceti is the oil ; and the wick is common to both. Upon that he sets lias Tra\f fj and then he represents whaJ is true, a certain quantity of matter rising abom ii which...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 30

1910 - 398 pages
...to the flame of a candle. The cup of the candle is the vessel or lamp; the melted spermaceti is the oil; and the wick is common to both. Upon that he...surrounding atmosphere that are very essential to the flame, and that are always present with it. There is a current formed, which draws the flame out; for the...
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Scientific Papers: Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology: With ...

1910 - 380 pages
...to the flame of a candle. The cup of the candle is the vessel or lamp; the melted spermaceti is the oil; and the wick is common to both. Upon that he...surrounding atmosphere that are very essential to the flame, and that are always present with it. There is a current formed, which draws the flame out; for the...
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The Chemical History of a Candle

Michael Faraday - 2002 - 244 pages
...or lamp ; the melted spermaceti is the oil; and the wick is common ASCENDING CURRENT OF HOT AIR. 31 to both. Upon that he sets this little flame, and...surrounding atmosphere that are very essential to the flame, and that are always present with it. There is a current formed, which draws the flame out ; for the...
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