Lecture Three: The Chemical History of a Candle - Products of Combustion (4/6)

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Collects the products of a burning candle, condensing water from the flame, to show what combustion makes; a 15-minute recreation of Faraday's third 1848 lecture by Bill Hammack and colleagues.

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Lecture 3 of Michael Faraday's 1848 Christmas lectures, "The Chemical History of a Candle", performed with the original demonstrations: the products of combustion, including water.

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Part of Michael Faraday's The Chemical History of a Candle

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