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WHEN an inflammable substance ignites or becomes incandescent without the application of fire or other apparent cause, it has been customary to speak of it as spontaneous combustion, a term which I think I shall be able to show you presently does not correctly express the actions which lead to this apparently mysterious result.
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Spontaneous Combustion1. Nature 48, 626–631 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/048626a0
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