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 32
it out cleverly,you will be able to see pretty well the vapourinto which this solid matter is transformed. Iwill blow out one of these candles in such away as not to disturb the air around it, by thecontinuing action of my breath; and now, ifI hold a lighted taper two or three inches fromthe wick,… … Fig. 2.densed into a liquid or solid, or the stream ofcombustible matter gets disturbed. Now, as to the shape or form of the flame.It concerns us much to know about the con-dition which the matter of the candle finallyassumes at the top of the wick, where you havesuch beauty and brightness as…
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