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Peter Pesic, Keeper of the Flame; The brilliant flame of a candle derives from the combustion of dirty soot. Wall Street Journal, Jan 7, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 12473772312152.html
(introduction to Michael Faraday, Chemical History of a Candle)

Note:
(a) Michael Faraday
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday
(1791-1867)
(b) The Chemical History of a Candle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chemical_History_of_a_Candle
(The [six] lectures were first printed as a book in 1861)
(c) Royal Institution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Institution
( founded in 1799 by the leading British scientists of the age)
(d) The article says "he [Faraday] addressed himself to an 'auditory of huveniles,' he calls for his audience to follow a close chain of reasoning."
(i) address (vt):
"1 archaic a : DIRECT, AIM
* * *
4a : to communicate directly <addresses his thanks to his host>
b : to speak or write directly to; especially : to deliver a formal speech to"
(ii) auditory (n):
"1 archaic : AUDIENCE
2 archaic : AUDITORIUM"
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