There has lately been an extensive series of experiments on the photometrical value ot sperm candles, during which, at my request, Mr. Hatcher was good enough to note the rate of combustion of ...

Nearly a year later, a coroner officially ruled that he'd died of a peculiar phenomenon, the Irish Independent reported — spontaneous human combustion ... or candles. Science says bodies ...

The most common culprits are lit cigarettes, lamps, or candles. The prevalent scientific explanation for spontaneous human combustion is known as the wick effect, which proposes that humans can ...