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 58
so incandescent? Tousee it comes to this—that all bright flames con- 46 COMBUSTION OP PHOSPHORUS. tain these solid particles; all things that burnand produce solid particles, either during thetime they are burning, as in the candle, orimmediately after being burnt, as in the caseof the gunpowder… … Fig. 9. elude that phosphorus will produce, either atthe moment that it is burning, or afterwards,these solid particles. Here is the phosphoruslighted, and I cover it over with this glass forthe purpose of keeping in what is produced.What is all that smoke? That smoke consistsof those very…
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