Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chemical_History_of_a_Candle

Release date is 2004-12-26

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"The Chemical History of a Candle" by Michael Faraday is a series of six lectures delivered in 1848. Originally presented as Christmas lectures for young people at the Royal Institution, Faraday uses the simple candle flame to explore fundamental principles of chemistry and physics. Through demonstrations and experiments, he examines combustion, gases, water properties, and atmospheric pressure. Faraday encourages his audience to safely recreate experiments at home, revealing the scientific wonders hidden within an everyday object. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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