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  2. Spontaneous human combustion - Wikipedia

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    Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is the pseudoscientific [1] concept of the spontaneous combustion of a living (or recently deceased) human body without an apparent external source of ignition on the body. In addition to reported cases, descriptions of the alleged phenomenon appear in literature, and both types have been observed to share ...

  3. Wick effect - Wikipedia

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    The coroner in the case could not identify the cause of the death due to extensive internal organ damage and concluded that "this [case] fits into the category of spontaneous human combustion, for which there is no adequate explanation". [5] [6] The body of the man, Michael Faherty, was found in the living room of his home on 22 December 2010.

  4. Cornelia Zangari Bandi - Wikipedia

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    Cornelia Zangari was born in Longiano (Emilia-Romagna), Papal States, to Count Francesco Maria Zangari and his wife Margherita.She married Count Francesco Bandi, who by his marriage to Colomba Leonardelli had Giovanni Carlo (future Cardinal of the Catholic Church), Maria Colomba, Margherita Felice, Giuseppe, Anna Teresa, Elisabetta and Anna Margherita. [3]

  5. Spontaneous combustion - Wikipedia

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    A large compost pile can spontaneously combust if improperly managed. Spontaneous combustion or spontaneous ignition is a type of combustion which occurs by self-heating (increase in temperature due to exothermic internal reactions), followed by thermal runaway (self heating which rapidly accelerates to high temperatures) and finally, autoignition. [1]

  6. SHC - Wikipedia

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    SHC1, a human gene; Sirohydrochlorin, a chemical precursor to various enzymes. Specific heat capacity, in physics, a substance's heat capacity per unit mass, usually denoted by the symbol c or s; Spontaneous human combustion, a theory that, under certain conditions, a human being may burn without any apparent external source of ignition

  7. Charles Fort - Wikipedia

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    Reported events include teleportation (a term Fort is generally credited with inventing), [26] [27] falls of frogs, fishes, and inorganic materials, [2] spontaneous human combustion, [2] ball lightning [2] (a term explicitly used by Fort), poltergeist events, unaccountable noises and explosions, levitation, unidentified flying objects ...

  8. Category:Spontaneous human combustion - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Spontaneous human combustion" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  9. Combustion - Wikipedia

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    The flames caused as a result of a fuel undergoing combustion (burning) Air pollution abatement equipment provides combustion control for industrial processes.. Combustion, or burning, [1] is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke.