The Chemical History of a Candle

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First published 1861

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Faraday's Christmas lectures: all of chemistry from one candle.

The author

Michael Faraday

1791–1867 · British scientist

Copley Medal
Professor at Royal Institution
Fellow of the Royal Society

Profession: Physicist, Chemist, Professor
Worked at: Royal Institution, George Riebau
Prizes: Copley Medal (1832), Royal Society Bakerian Medal (1829), Royal Medal (1835), Rumford Medal (1846), Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Fellow of the Royal Society (1824), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1832), Albert Medal (1866)

A bookbinder's apprentice who taught himself science from the books he bound.

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46 editions · 1 hardcover, 3 paperback

First published 1861

Earliest edition listed: 1894 · Chatto and Windus · A new edition / with illustrations.

1894 · Chatto and Windus · A new edition / with illustrations.
1938 · Temple Press
1957 · Crowell
1957 · Crowell
1962 · Collier Books
1962 · Collier Books
2005 · Barnes & Noble Books · ISBN 9780760765227
2009 · Barnes & Noble, Incorporated · ISBN 9781411430471

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2010 · Kessinger Publishing · Hardcover · ISBN 9781169215849
2010 · Kessinger · ISBN 9781162690681
2011 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781463704995
2011 · TREDITION CLASSICS · Paperback · ISBN 9783842475915
2011 · Oxford University Press · Sesquicentenary ed. · ISBN 9780199694914
2012 · Andrews UK Ltd. · ISBN 9781781668191
2012 · Dover Publications, Incorporated · ISBN 9781306391849
2012 · Dover Publications, Incorporated · ISBN 9780486171142
2012 · Barnes & Noble, Incorporated · ISBN 9781411467415
2013 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781484879047
2014 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781497592551
2015 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781505266283
2015 · The Perfect Library · ISBN 9781511951272
2016 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781540407160
2016 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781537297668
2016 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781535023573
2017 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781545182475
2017 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781981583393
2017 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781548326258
2017 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781974423774
2017 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781546653424
2017 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781974111985
2017 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781975914196
2017 · Pinnacle Press · Paperback · ISBN 9781374912052
2018 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781724662262
2018 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781729542217
2018 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781983694172
2018 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781721714346
2018 · Lulu.com · Paperback · ISBN 9781387895564
2018 · Lulu Press, Inc. · ISBN 9781387895571
2020 · Independently Published · ISBN 9798579347015
2021 · Independently Published · ISBN 9798463459305
2021 · Independently Published · ISBN 9798744201005
2021 · Independently Published · ISBN 9798454786205
2021 · Independently Published · ISBN 9798722428271
2021 · Independently Published · ISBN 9798458664264
2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9781015429567
2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9781015424234

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Subjects

Chemistry