The Chemical History of a Candle (Michael Faraday) - Michael Faraday - Books - Book Jungle - 9781604241129 - September 6, 2007
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The Chemical History of a Candle (Michael Faraday)

Michael Faraday

The Chemical History of a Candle (Michael Faraday)

"From the primitive pine-torch to the paraffin candle, how wide an interval! between them how vast a contrast! The means adopted by man to illuminate his home at night, stamp at once his position in the scale of civilisation. The fluid bitumen of the far East, blazing in rude vessels of baked earth; the Etruscan lamp, exquisite in form, yet ill adapted to its office; the whale, seal, or bear fat, filling the hut of the Esquimaux or Lap with odour rather than light; the huge wax candle on the glittering altar, the range of gas lamps in our streets,--all have their stories to tell. All, if they could speak (and, after their own manner, they can), might warm our hearts in telling, how they have ministered to man''s comfort, love of home, toil, and devotion."

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 6, 2007
ISBN13 9781604241129
Publishers Book Jungle
Pages 124
Dimensions 226 g
Language English  

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