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 151
containingthe carbonic acid I attempt to pour a little ofthis gas into that glass; I wonder whether anyhas gone in or not. I cannot tell by theappearance, but I can in this way [introducingthe taper]. Yes, there it is, you see; and if Iwere to examine it by lime-water, I should findit by that test… … Fig. 30. bonic acid, I must have got to it by this time,and it will be in this bucket, which we willexamine with a taper. There it is, you see ;it is full of carbonic acid. There is another experiment by which I willshow you its weight. I have here a jar sus-pended at one end of a balance—it is now…
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