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The chemical history of a candle / Michael Faraday ; edited and introduced by Frank A.J.L. James.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemistry--Popular works.
- Chemistry.
- Combustion.
- Combustion--Popular works.
- Candles.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- xlviii, 152 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Sesquicentenary edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Notes:
- First ed. published in 1861 under title: A course of six lectures on the chemical history of a candle.
- This ed. includes a facsimile reproduction of Faraday's manuscript lecture notes from Royal Institution MS F4 J21.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0199694915
- 9780199694914
- OCLC:
- 751787299
- Publisher Number:
- 99945858585
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