{"id":"4rhsvjv","internal_id":"ec3a0a51-105a-4b03-972b-e57835a4a9a3","links":{"img_thumbnail":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/downloads/deriv/y0pgl3m/thumb_large_2X?disposition=inline","html_self":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/4rhsvjv"},"title":"Chemistry by Candlelight","additional_title":[],"format":["moving_image"],"genre":["Video Recordings"],"medium":["VHS"],"extent":["29M 27S"],"language":["English"],"provenance":"","subject":["Candles","Combustion","Chemical reactions","Educational films"],"department":"Archives","series_arrangement":[],"rights":"http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/","rights_holder":"","digitization_funder":"","file_creator":"Myers, Emmett","description":"\"Chemistry by Candlelight\" is one of fifty-three short educational films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes illustrates basic chemistry concepts for high school students through live experiments and demonstrations by presenter Dr. Harry Sello. The experiments used in the show were designed by the American Chemical Society’s California chapter and reflect the safety standards of the time. A later, 1987 introduction with Dr. Sello has been removed from this version due to sound and image issues, but identical introductions are available in other Tempest in a Test Tube videos in this collection. \"Chemistry by Candlelight\" teaches viewers how a candle works and shows how heat, airflow, and chemical changes create and sustain a flame.","description_html":"<p>\"Chemistry by Candlelight\" is one of fifty-three short educational films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series <i>Tempest in a Test Tube</i>. This series of half-hour episodes illustrates basic chemistry concepts for high school students through live experiments and demonstrations by presenter Dr. Harry Sello. The experiments used in the show were designed by the American Chemical Society’s California chapter and reflect the safety standards of the time. A later, 1987 introduction with Dr. Sello has been removed from this version due to sound and image issues, but identical introductions are available in other <i>Tempest in a Test Tube</i> videos in this collection. \"Chemistry by Candlelight\" teaches viewers how a candle works and shows how heat, airflow, and chemical changes create and sustain a flame.</p>","published_at":"2026-05-11T19:22:43Z","updated_at":"2026-05-11T19:22:43Z","creator":[{"category":"creator_of_work","value":"American Chemical Society"},{"category":"creator_of_work","value":"KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)"}],"date_of_work":[{"start":"1987","start_qualifier":"circa","finish":"","finish_qualifier":"","note":"","formatted":"Circa 1987"}],"place":[{"category":"place_of_creation","value":"California--San Francisco"}],"inscription":[],"related_link":[],"additional_credit":[],"physical_container":null}