A course of six lectures on the chemical history of a candle
Subtitle: to which is added a lecture on platinum
By: by Michael Faraday ; edited by William Crookes.
Contributors: Crookes, William, Sir, 1832-1919, ed
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Published: 1878
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Chemistry; Candles; Platinum; Lighting -- History; Light -- Juvenile literature; Light; Flame; Fire; Light sources
Genres: Juvenile literature
Other titles: Chemical history of a candle
Notes: Delivered before a juvenile auditory at the Royal Institution of Great Britain during the Christmas holidays of 1860-1.

King Collection copy has a bookplate pasted to front pastedown, from the Western Female Seminary in Oxford, Ohio: "Presented by Preserved Smith, 1880."
Table of contents: value: A candle; value: Brightness of the flame; value: Products; value: Hydrogen in the candle; value: Oxygen present in the air; value: Carbon or charcoal; value: Lecture on platinum; value: Notes.