tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696514341454100393.post2576642979886824718..comments2024-02-14T10:14:17.831+00:00Comments on Edinburgh Fire Research Centre BLOG: Prof Jose Torero's Christmas LectureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696514341454100393.post-58167483156652248432010-12-17T23:13:15.527+00:002010-12-17T23:13:15.527+00:00A fantastic lecture. Congratulations to Jose - fu...A fantastic lecture. Congratulations to Jose - fully deserving of this award!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03370176339787349424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696514341454100393.post-11368744228080124122010-12-14T11:59:00.055+00:002010-12-14T11:59:00.055+00:00Great talk. I specially enjoy the final sentence &...Great talk. I specially enjoy the final sentence "Transition between fear and enlightenment is always knowledge". But perhaps, final humorous comment by Prof Brown (min 46.06) "I'm looking for to have you putting your candle out" hints that he has not transitioned yet?Guillermo Reinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02253104222082231355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696514341454100393.post-1575559590570913252010-12-12T16:20:06.815+00:002010-12-12T16:20:06.815+00:00While I was wondering if the previous Christmas le...While I was wondering if the previous Christmas lecture on fire and combusiton could have been that given by Faraday in 1860 at the The Royal Institution ("The Chemical History of a Candle"), I found these two previous ones; in 1876 by John Hall Gladstone "The Chemistry of Fire", and in 1890 by James Dewar "Frost and Fire".<br /><br />Does anyone know any another?Guillermo Reinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02253104222082231355noreply@blogger.com