 | Andrew Ure - 1821 - 436 pages
...stedfaetly at flame, the part where the combustible matter is volatilized is seen, and it appear» dark, contrasted with the part in which it begins...prevents a proper quantity of air from mixing with its central part; in consequence, the charcoal thrown off from the top of the flame is only red-hot, and... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1821 - 436 pages
...air as to become explosive. The heat diminishes towards the top of the flame, because in this palt the quantity of oxygen is least. When the wick increases...considerable size, from collecting charcoal, it cools the flume by radiation, and prevents a proper quantity of air from mixing with its central part; in consequence,... | |
 | Jöns Jakob Berzelius - 1822 - 426 pages
...explosive mixture. In looking stedfastly at flame, the part where the combustible matter is volatilized is seen, and it appears dark, contrasted with the...prevents a proper quantity of air from mixing with its central part; in consequence, the charcoal thrown off from the top of the flame is only red hot, and... | |
 | Jöns Jakob Berzelius (friherre) - 1822 - 402 pages
...explosive mixture. In looking stedfastly at flame, the part where the combustible matter is volatilized is seen, and it appears dark, contrasted with the...prevents a proper quantity of air from mixing with its central part ; in consequence, the charcoal thrown off from the top. of the flame is only red hot,... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - 1825 - 174 pages
...sun, and small masses of any kind of matter placed in it, (even magnesia) were instantly fused. 101 so mixed with air as to become explosive. The heat...of the flame, because in this part the quantity of oxygene is least. When the wick increases to a considerable size from collecting charcoal, it cools... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1828 - 872 pages
...and it appears dark, contrasted with the part in which it begins to burn ; that is, wliere it is M) mixed with air as to become explosive. The heat diminishes...prevents a proper quantity of air from mixing with its central pan; in consequence, the charcoal thrown off from the top of the flame is only red-hot, and... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1831 - 980 pages
...explosive mixture. In looking steadfastly at flame, the part where the combustible matter is volatilized is seen, and it appears dark, contrasted with the...prevents a proper quantity of air from mixing with its central part ; in consequence, the charcoal thrown off from the top of the flame is only red-hot, and... | |
 | Chemical Society (Great Britain) - 1892 - 1152 pages
...explosive mixture. In looking steadfastly at flame, the part where combustible matter is volatilised is seen, and it appears dark, contrasted with the...because in this part the quantity of oxygen is least. (3.) " The luminosity of flames is due to ' the decomposition of part of the gas towards the interior... | |
 | William White Cooper - 1853 - 340 pages
...form of the flame is conical, because the greatest heat is in the centre of the explosive mixture. The heat diminishes towards the top of the flame,...When the wick increases to a considerable size from the collecting charcoal, it cools the flame by radiation, and prevents a proper quantity of air from... | |
 | William Arthur Bone, Donald Thomas Alfred Townend - 1927 - 634 pages
...part in which it begins to burn, that is where it is so mixed with air as to become explosive. This heat diminishes towards the top of the flame, because in this part the quantity of oxygen is least." Berzelius appears to have been the first to describe an ordinary candle flame as consisting of four... | |
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In looking steadfastly at flame, the part where the combustible matter is volatilized is seen, and it appears dark, contrasted with the part in which it begins to burn, that is, where it is so mixed with air as to become explosive. The heat diminishes... 
