The Chemical History of a Candle
The Chemical History of a Candle
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[Illustration: Fig. 15] Suppose I take another glass jar, empty of all but air: if I examine itwith a taper, I shall find that it contains nothing but air. I will nowtake this jar full of the gas that I am speaking of, and deal with it asthough it were a light body. I will hold both upside-down, and turn theone up under the other; and that which did contain the gas procured fromthe steam, what does it contain now? You will find it now only containsair. But look! Here is the combustible substanc...e [taking the other jar]which I have poured out of the one jar into the other. It still preservesits quality, and condition, and independence, and therefore is the moreworthy of our consideration, as belonging to the products of a candle.
Now, this substance which we have just prepared by the action of iron onthe steam or water, we can also get by means of those other things whichyou have already seen act so well upon the water. If I take a piece ofpotassium, and make the necessary arrangements, it will produce this gas;and if, instead, a piece of zinc, I find, when I come to examine it verycarefully, that the main reason why this zinc cannot act upon the watercontinuously as the other metal does, is because the result of the actionof the water envelopes the zinc in a kind of protecting coat.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
[Illustration: Fig. 15] Suppose I take another glass jar, empty of all but air: if I examine itwith a taper, I shall find that it contains nothing but air. I will nowtake this jar full of the gas that I am speaking of, and deal with it asthough it were a light body. I will hold both upside-down, and turn theone up under the other; and that which did contain the gas procured fromthe steam, what does it contain now? You will find it now only containsair. But look! Here is the combustible substanc...e [taking the other jar]which I have poured out of the one jar into the other. It still preservesits quality, and condition, and independence, and therefore is the moreworthy of our consideration, as belonging to the products of a candle.
Now, this substance which we have just prepared by the action of iron onthe steam or water, we can also get by means of those other things whichyou have already seen act so well upon the water. If I take a piece ofpotassium, and make the necessary arrangements, it will produce this gas;and if, instead, a piece of zinc, I find, when I come to examine it verycarefully, that the main reason why this zinc cannot act upon the watercontinuously as the other metal does, is because the result of the actionof the water envelopes the zinc in a kind of protecting coat.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Faraday Michael to read onlineMoreLess
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