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Ch. 3: Diamond

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COMPOSITION OF DIAMOND.                 83
heat, and then was plunged quickly into the phial of oxygen (Fig. 33). The diamond immediately kindled, and continued to burn with a steady glow infinitely more vivid than that which could have been obtained from any other variety of carbon.
M. Morren has also proved that the diamond burns in layers: for if the combustion is arrested at any period, the special system of crystallization is still regularly displayed.
This is a very important point, since it excludes all idea of fusion for the diamond.
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