The Chemical History of a Candle
, by Faraday, MichaelNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780486425429 | 0486425428
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/13/2003
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.