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 117
exalts all com-bustions of the common kind. We will take IRON WIRE BURNED IN OXYGEN. 105 one which relates to iron, for instance, as youhave already seen iron burn a little in theatmosphere. Here is a jar of oxygen, and thisis a piece of iron wire; but if it were a bar asthick as my wrist, it would… … Fi?. 23. in oxygen; but it will soon communicate itscombustion to the iron. The iron is now burn-ing brilliantly, and will continue so for a longtime. As long as we supply oxygen, so longcan we carry on the combustion of the iron,until the latter is consumed. We will now put that on one side, and…
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