The chemical history of a candle /
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| Author / Creator: | Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867. |
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| Uniform title: | Course of six lectures on the chemical history of a candle |
| Edition: | Dover ed. |
| Imprint: | Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2002. |
| Description: | 223 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4869535 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: A course of six lectures on the chemical history of a candle. New York : Chautauqua Press, [between 1885 and 1889]. |
| Physical Description: | 223 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0486425428 (pbk.) |
