(The Conversation) – In the earliest days of the United States, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail about the celebration of independence, “It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade ...

Without wax gas, the flame won’t burn. Your breath blows some of the wax gas away. Without this fuel, the flame will go out. The colors of a flame are caused by bits of wax molecules that didn’t get ...

Colors of emission spectra are due to loosely-bound valence electrons being excited in a flame and dropping back down while emitting light. Warning! Once the flame has started, DO NOT add more ...