A course of six lectures on the chemical history of a candle [electronic resource]: to which is added, a lecture on platinum (1865)
Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867, Crookes, William, 1832-1919 · London : Charles Griffin and Company · leaf 103
oil the water, but DECOMPOSITION OF WATEE. 91 produce some other effect. You shall have theexperiment and see. There is one wire whichI will put to this side (a), and here is the otherwire which I will put to the other side (b), andyou will soon see whether any disturbance takesplace. Here it is… … Fig. 19.steam. But can it be steam ? Why, certainlynot; because there it remains, you see, un-changed. There it is standing over the water,and it cannot therefore be steam, but must be apermanent gas of some sort. What is it ? Is 92 DECOMPOSITION OF WATEK. it hydrogen ? Is it anything else ? Well,…
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