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Every square inch of surface that is contained in the area of that vessel sustains fifteen pounds by weight, or nearly so, when the air is taken out; and you may try your strength presently in seeing whether you can overcome that pressure of the atmosphere.
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Michael Faraday gave The Chemical History of a Candle as a set of Christmas lectures for young listeners at the Royal Institution, and the text was published in 1861. He began those Christmas lectures in 1825 and they have continued ever since. Faraday had almost no formal schooling and started as a bookbinder's apprentice. Project Gutenberg carries the printed lectures.
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Michael Faraday gave The Chemical History of a Candle as a set of Christmas lectures for young listeners at the Royal Institution, and the text was published in 1861. He began those Christmas lectures in 1825 and they have continued ever since. Faraday had almost no formal schooling and started as a bookbinder's apprentice. Project Gutenberg carries the printed lectures.
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