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 107
had the atmosphere helpingto produce it; but in this way it can be pro-duced independently of the air. Water, there-fore, ought to contain that other substancewhich the candle takes from the air, and DECOMPOSITION OF WATEE. 95 which, combining with the hydrogen, produceswater. Just now you saw that… … Fig. 20.metallic solution which we made and unmade,may we not find that it is possible to splitasunder the component parts of the water, andput them into this place and that place? Sup-pose I take the poles—the metallic ends of thisbattery—and see what will happen with thewater in this apparatus…
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