The Once and Future King, T. H. White
In the Sword in the Stone, on page 31, it states "six pismires, some glass retorts with cauldrons, bunsen burners, etc."
Carbon Atom
How to Light a Bunsen Burner Using a Match
Step-by-step guide to lighting, adjusting and turning off a Bunsen burner. By Tami (Guy) Port, Chief Executive Nerd at ScienceProfOnline.com.
Carbon in permafrost and tomorrow’s atmosphere | FrontierScientists
Carbon is the building block of life. Our knowledge of current climate change, however, has us counting how much carbon enters the atmosphere. We burn fossil fuels, adding anthropogenic (human-caused) carbon dioxide to the air. Meanwhile, natural processes also add carbon to the air. We know that methane can arise from warming lakes and oceans. Methane traps …