Lecture · 1861 · age 70

The Chemical History of a Candle

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Rights: To checkFaraday's lectures as taken down and edited by William Crookes, who died in 1919.Basis: editor W. Crookes died 1919 (general knowledge), under a life-plus-70-years rule, as of 2026; other rules, such as the United States publication-date rules, are not assessed.The death year here is not in the archive's records; it comes from general knowledge.
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Cite as: Michael Faraday, The Chemical History of a Candle (1861). Long Keeping, call number FAR LC1861.02. https://longkeeping.com/michael-faraday/the-chemical-history-of-a-candle/

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