We will first take the Condensable part, and examine it; and, strange to say, we find that that part of the product is just water-nothing but water.
"The Chemical History Of A Candle"
Michael Faraday
On the last occasion I spoke of it incidentally, merely saying that water was produced among the Condensable products of the candle; but to-day I wish to draw your attention to water, that we may examine it carefully, especially in relation to this subject, and also with respect to its general existence on the surface of the globe.
"The Chemical History Of A Candle"
Michael Faraday
Experience next informs us, that this portion of smoke, the aliment of flame, is not an oily vapour Condensable by cooling, but a gas, a permanent air, which may be washed, purified, conducted, distributed, and afterwards turned into flame at any distance from the hearth.
"Paris As It Was and As It Is"
Francis W. Blagdon