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The Chemical History of a Candle by Michael Faraday
The Chemical History of a Candle is a series of 6 lectures on chemistry presented to a juvenile audience in 1848. Taught by Michael Faraday - a chemist and physist, and regarded as the best experimentalist in the history of science - it is probably the most famous of the Christmas Lectures of the Royal Society. Taking the everyday burning of a candle as a starting point, Faraday spans the arc from combustion and its products, via the components of water and air (oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon), back to the type of combustion that happens in the human body when we breathe. The final lecture...
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Episodes
0 Preface 02.01.2026 3:30
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1 Lecture I 01.01.2026 36:35
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2 Lecture II 31.12.2025 32:15
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3 Lecture III 30.12.2025 38:42
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4 Lecture IV 29.12.2025 34:37
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5 Lecture V 28.12.2025 39:32
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6 Lecture VI 27.12.2025 41:32
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7 Lecture on Platinum 26.12.2025 45:26
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