The Chemical History Of A Candle

Author : William S. Hammack,Donald J. DeCoste
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 1945441003

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Michael Faraday's the Chemical History of a Candle by William S. Hammack,Donald J. DeCoste Pdf

This book introduces modern readers to Michael Faraday's great nineteenth-century lectures on The Chemical History of a Candle. This edition is a companion book to the popular EngineerGuy YouTube series of the lectures. This books contains supplemental material to help readers appreciate Faraday's key insight that "there is no more open door by which you can enter into the study of science than by considering the physical phenomena of a candle." Through a careful examination of a burning candle, Faraday's lectures introduce readers to the concepts of mass, density, heat conduction, capillary action, and convection currents. They demonstrate the difference between chemical and physical processes, such as melting, vaporization, incandescence, and all types of combustion. And the lectures reveal the properties of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide, including their relative masses and the makeup of the atmosphere. The lectures wrap up with a grand, and startling, analogy: by understanding the chemical behavior of a candle the reader can grasp the basics of respiration. To help readers understand Faraday's key points this book has an "Essential Background" section that explains in modern terms how a candle works, introductory guides for each lecture written in contemporary language, and seven student activities with teaching guides.

Author : Michael Faraday
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781465608178

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The Chemical History of a Candle by Michael Faraday Pdf

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. Surely, among the millions of fire-worshippers and fire-users who have passed away in earlier ages, some have pondered over the mystery of fire; perhaps some clear minds have guessed shrewdly near the truth. Think of the time man has lived in hopeless ignorance: think that only during a period which might be spanned by the life of one man, has the truth been known. Atom by atom, link by link, has the reasoning chain been forged. Some links, too quickly and too slightly made, have given way, and been replaced by better work; but now the great phenomena are known—the outline is correctly and firmly drawn—cunning artists are filling in the rest, and the child who masters these Lectures knows more of fire than Aristotle did. The candle itself is now made to light up the dark places of nature; the blowpipe and the prism are adding to our knowledge of the earth's crust; but the torch must come first.

Author : Michael Faraday
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547021728

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The Chemical History of a Candle by Michael Faraday Pdf

Chemical History of a Candle introduces a string of lectures concerning the chemistry and physics of fire held by Michael Faraday. Michael Faraday (1791 –1867) was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.

Author : Michael Faraday
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Candles
ISBN : HARVARD:HN6JFQ

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A Course of Six Lectures on the Chemical History of a Candle by Michael Faraday Pdf

Author : Darcy Pattison
Publisher : Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781684443277

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Burn: Michael Faraday's Candle by Darcy Pattison Pdf

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: WHAT MAKES A CANDLE BURN? Solid wax is somehow changed into light and heat. But how? Travel back in time to December 28, 1848 in London, England to one of the most famous juvenile science Christmas lectures at the Royal Institution. British scientist Michael Faraday (1791-1867) encouraged kids to carefully observe a candle and to try to figure out how it burned. Known as one of the best science experimenters ever, Faraday’s passion was always to answer the basic questions of science: “What is the cause? Why does it occur?” Since Faraday’s lecture, “The Chemical History of a Candle,” was published in 1861, it’s never been out of print. Oddly, till now, it’s never been published as a children’s picture book. Faraday originally gave seven lectures on how a candle burns. Pattison has adapted the first 6000-word lecture to about 650 words for modern elementary students.

Author : Michael Faraday
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1540407160

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The Chemical History of a Candle (Illustrated) by Michael Faraday Pdf

Faraday's detailed examination of the candle, its composition, and the physical nature of its flames, is published here complete with the original illustrations and explanatory tables. Although involved in developing several of the cutting-edge advances in thermodynamics in the era, Michael Faraday recognized that the essential principles of physics underpinned earlier innovations. This book outlines the three essential ingredients for fire; a supply of oxygen, a supply of fuel, and heat. The fundamental design of the candle, with its slow-melting wax and wick, is detailed. As well as being a great scientist in his own right, Faraday was recognized as a lecturer capable of explaining with clarity principles which his contemporaries struggled to present to the general population. It can be argued that Michael Faraday was among the first of the 'popular scientists' capable of presenting science in a manner interesting and stimulating: it is in this spirit that he published this book. This edition of The Chemical History of a Candle contains more than forty original, essential illustrations and tables. Many of these demonstrate and clarify the points Faraday makes, thereby offering the reader a greater degree of comprehension above and beyond Faraday's concise written explanations.

Author : Michael Faraday
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic
ISBN : DMM:057000493477

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The chemical History of a Candle by Michael Faraday Pdf

Author : Philip Ball
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192840998

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The Elements: A Very Short Introduction by Philip Ball Pdf

This Very Short Introduction traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances around them. Looking beyond the Periodic Table, the author takes the reader on an engaging and entertaining tour: from the Greek philosophers who propounded a system with four elements - earth, air, fire, and water - to the modern-day scientists who are able to create their own.

Author : Michael Faraday
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Analytical chemistry
ISBN : OXFORD:590353269

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A Course of Six Lectures on the Chemical History of a Candle by Michael Faraday Pdf

Author : Charles Ludwig
Publisher : MennoMedia, Inc.
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1978-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780836197518

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Michael Faraday by Charles Ludwig Pdf

Charles Ludwig retells Michael Faraday’s remarkable life story in fictionalized form. Here is the father of the electric motor, the dynamo, the transformer, the generator. Few persons are aware of the brilliant man’s deep Christian convictions and his determination to live by the Sermon on the Mount. For ages 12 to 15.

Author : Francis Bacon
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780486145679

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Complete Essays by Francis Bacon Pdf

DIVThe Elizabethan sage offers wise, witty observations on truth, adversity, love, ambition, fame, and many other topics. Short but thought-provoking, these essays constitute an excellent combination of style and substance. /div

Author : Francisco Castro Rego,Penelope Morgan,Paulo Fernandes,Chad Hoffman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783030698157

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Fire Science by Francisco Castro Rego,Penelope Morgan,Paulo Fernandes,Chad Hoffman Pdf

This textbook provides students and academics with a conceptual understanding of fire behavior and fire effects on people and ecosystems to support effective integrated fire management. Through case studies, interactive spreadsheets programmed with equations and graphics, and clear explanations, the book provides undergraduate, graduate, and professional readers with a straightforward learning path. The authors draw from years of experience in successfully teaching fundamental concepts and applications, synthesizing cutting-edge science, and applying lessons learned from fire practitioners. We discuss fire as part of environmental and human health. Our process-based, comprehensive, and quantitative approach encompasses combustion and heat transfer, and fire effects on people, plants, soils, and animals in forest, grassland, and woodland ecosystems from around the Earth. Case studies and examples link fundamental concepts to local, landscape, and global fire implications, including social-ecological systems. Globally, fire science and integrated fire management have made major strides in the last few decades. Society faces numerous fire-related challenges, including the increasing occurrence of large fires that threaten people and property, smoke that poses a health hazard, and lengthening fire seasons worldwide. Fires are useful to suppress fires, conserve wildlife and habitat, enhance livestock grazing, manage fuels, and in ecological restoration. Understanding fire science is critical to forecasting the implication of global change for fires and their effects. Increasing the positive effects of fire (fuels reduction, enhanced habitat for many plants and animals, ecosystem services increased) while reducing the negative impacts of fires (loss of human lives, smoke and carbon emissions that threaten health, etc.) is part of making fires good servants rather than bad masters.

Author : Joseph Priestley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Oxygen
ISBN : UCAL:B4256701

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The Discovery of Oxygen by Joseph Priestley Pdf

Author : Carl Sagan
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780307801043

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The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan Pdf

A prescient warning of a future we now inhabit, where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a disaffected American populace “A glorious book . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to the last, this book is a manifesto for clear thought.”—Los Angeles Times How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Pulitzer Prize-winning author and distinguished astronomer Carl Sagan argues that scientific thinking is critical not only to the pursuit of truth but to the very well-being of our democratic institutions. Casting a wide net through history and culture, Sagan examines and authoritatively debunks such celebrated fallacies of the past as witchcraft, faith healing, demons, and UFOs. And yet, disturbingly, in today's so-called information age, pseudoscience is burgeoning with stories of alien abduction, channeling past lives, and communal hallucinations commanding growing attention and respect. As Sagan demonstrates with lucid eloquence, the siren song of unreason is not just a cultural wrong turn but a dangerous plunge into darkness that threatens our most basic freedoms. Praise for The Demon-Haunted World “Powerful . . . A stirring defense of informed rationality. . . Rich in surprising information and beautiful writing.”—The Washington Post Book World “Compelling.”—USA Today “A clear vision of what good science means and why it makes a difference. . . . A testimonial to the power of science and a warning of the dangers of unrestrained credulity.”—The Sciences “Passionate.”—San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle

Author : Michael Faraday
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781775413578

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Lectures on the Forces of Matter by Michael Faraday Pdf

Self-taught chemist and scientist Michael Faraday was one of the most prolific and prescient researchers to emerge from England in the nineteenth century. In this captivating collection of talks and lectures, Faraday sets forth some of his most influential theories, findings, and conjectures.