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 211
e how beautifully limesustains heat without altering in shape; andyou may have thought how beautifully it pre-vents the dissipation of the heat by its verybad conducting powers. While the front partof the lime which you saw here was so highlyignited, I could at any moment touch the backof it… … Kg. 38. puts the blowpipes through these apertures,and sends down these gases upon the metals,which are gradually melted. He then puts inmore metal through a hole at the top. Theresults of the combustion issue out of the aper-ture which you see represented. If there bestrips of platinum he pushes…
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