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By Michael Faraday.
Cited passages: Michael Faraday, Experimental Researches in Electricity, Seventh Series (1834), §783 and §§789–791, printed pp. 101–103.
On the Liquefaction and Solidification of Bodies Generally Existing as Gases by Michael Faraday 2026-10-31
Philosophical Transactions 135, pp. 155–172, with additional remarks on pp. 172–177. The reported cooling bath and alcohol-thermometer limitations occur on printed p. 158. Pressure and temperature readings there are historical experimental indications.
Edited by William Crookes. The linked Chatto & Windus reprint is dated 1894. The 1860 edition is separately catalogued by the Biodiversity Heritage Library: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29969. Lecture VI includes carbon-point electrical light and a heated platinum bridge.
A primary experimental exposition by Michael Faraday. Inspected text: en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Chemical_History_of_a_Candle. Relevant locators are Lecture I, wick, melting reservoir and capillary attraction; Lecture II, luminous particles; Lectures III–V, combustion products. The inspected transcription identifies a 1908 new impression; this is distinguished from the original 1861 publication.