author - "Michael Faraday"
out it. It is not the best looking thing, but the bestacting thing, which is the most advantageous to us. This good-lookingcandle is a bad burning one. There will be a guttering round about itbecause of the irregularity of the stream of air and the badness of thecup which is formed thereby. You may see some pretty examples (and I trustyou will notice these instances) of the action of the ascending currentwhen you have A little gutter run down the side of a candle, making itthicker there than it is elsewhere. As the candle goes on burning, thatkeeps its place and forms a little pillar sticking up by the side,because, as it rises higher above the rest of the wax or fuel, the airgets better round it, and it is more cooled and better able to resist theaction of the heat at a little distance. Now, the greatest mistakes andfaults with regard to candles, as in many other things, often bring withthem instruction which we should not receive if they had not occurred. Wecome here to be philosophers; and I
out it. It is not the best looking thing, but the bestacting thing, which is the most advantageous to us. This good-lookingcandle is a bad burning one. There will be a guttering round about itbecause of the irregularity of the stream of air and the badness of thecup which is formed thereby. You may see some pretty examples (and I trustyou will notice these instances) of the action of the ascending currentwhen you have A little gutter run down the side of a candle, making itthicker there than it is elsewhere. As the candle goes on burning, thatkeeps its place and forms a little pillar sticking up by the side,because, as it rises higher above the rest of the wax or fuel, the airgets better round it, and it is more cooled and better able to resist theaction of the heat at a little distance. Now, the greatest mistakes andfaults with regard to candles, as in many other things, often bring withthem instruction which we should not receive if they had not occurred. Wecome here to be philosophers; and I