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 37
a candle flame,but it is produced by alcohol, so that it shallnot smoke too much. I will also colour theflame with another substance (6), so that you maytrace its course, for with the spirit alone youcould hardly see well enough to have the oppor-tunity of tracing its direction. By lightingthis… … Fig. 5. under ordinary circumstances—it is because ofthe draught of air by which the combustion isformed. But now, by blowing the flame down,you see I am enabled to make it go downwardsinto this little chimney, the direction of thecurrent being changed. Before we have con-eluded this course of…
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