A chemical mixture is added to the cardinals' ballots to signal conclave vote. March 13, 2013— -- The world waited with bated breath for the election of a new pope, with all eyes fixed on the ...
Yesterday the eyes of the world were fixed on a chimney over the Sistine Chapel, eager to see the color of the smoke that would pour out. And at 6:45 PM, the smoke that they saw was black, indicating ...
To an observer of the papal conclave, there is one part of the process that is the most visible and exciting. On Tuesday, all 115 cardinals will isolate themselves from the rest of the world and their ...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --For 100 years, the Vatican's smoke signal has rarely been a black or white matter. Black means no Pope, white means the Cardinals have selected a Pope. But how does the Vatican ...
In general terms, lighter colored smoke frequently contains a substantial concentration of unburned (and highly flammable) pyrolysis products.As discussed in the previous article, fire behavior ...