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 68
y Davy,which has a very energetic action upon water,which I shall use as a test of the presence ofwater. If I take a little piece of it—it is called 5Q TEST FOE THE PEESEXCE OF WATEE. potassium, as coming from potash,—if I take alittle piece of it, and throw it into that basin,you see how it shows… … Fig. ll. drop of water—a condensed product of thecandle—hanging from the under surface of thedish. I will show you that potassium has thesame action upon it as upon the water in thatbasin in the experiment we have just tried. WATER FROM A CA1SDLE. 57 See! it takes fire, and burns in just the…
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