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IN a communication from my zealous science-master, which I find in your issue of Thursday the 11th, it is stated that pure hydrogen has no tinge of blue in its flame (that colour being due to the presence of sulphur), and he concludes his note with a gushing tribute of his own, and the younger boys' gratitude for the “simply delightful Science Primers of Profs. Huxley, Roscoe, and Balfour Stewart.” Let me call his attention to the fact that on page 26 of his Chemistry Primer, Prof. Roscoe distinctly states that “Hydrogen is inflammable, and burns with a pale blue flame.”
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A GRATEFUL PUPIL OF MR. BARRETT. Colour of the Hydrogen Flame. Nature 5, 501 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/005501f0
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