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THE CHEMISTRY OF CREATION. 



This seldom or never happens in the miner's 

 lamp if it is carefully managed. It has been 

 recently suggested that this can scarcely be 

 considered the true explanation of this fact : 

 and it is supposed, on the contrary, that the 



particles of the gas forming the flame are in a 

 state of active repulsion over its surface, and thus 

 refuse to pass through the wire gauze. 



A portion of the chemistry involved in the 

 production of this gas may be explained. A 

 progressive continuance of the decomposition, 



