The Chemical History of a Candle Author:Michael Faraday For as long as man's inquiring mind seeks knowledge of our universe and its laws, new readers will find enlightenment and excitement in these six famous lectures delivered more than a hundred years ago at the Royal Institute in London by a great pioneering scientist and teacher. — Through Michael Faraday's consideration of the physical ph... more »enomena of a candle, the reader enters into the study of nature in general, for there is not a law under which any part of our universe is governed that does not come into play and is not touched upon in these phenomena.
Michael Faraday (1791-1876) discovered the hydrocarbon benzene and electromagnetic induction, and made many other contributions to chemistry and physics.
Illustrated with the original 35 diagrams; introduction by Keith Gordon Irwin« less