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molded tallow candles, the "
tallow dip" a reed that had been
dipped in
melted tallow or
sometimes a
strip of
burning cloth in a saucer/cresset of
tallow grease...
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Candle making was
developed independently in a
number of
countries around the world.
Candles were
primarily made from
tallow and
beeswax in
Europe from...
- "The
Tallow Candle" (Danish: Tællelyset) is a 700-word
literary fairytale by
Danish writer Hans
Christian Andersen (1805–1875). It was
written in the...
- A
candle is an
ignitable wick
embedded in wax, or
another flammable solid substance such as
tallow, that
provides light, and in some cases, a fragrance...
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Company of
Tallow Chandlers is one of the
ancient livery companies of the City of London. The organisation,
which engaged not only in
tallow candle making...
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candlemaking technology, as it
burned more
cleanly and
reliably than
tallow candles and was
cheaper to produce. In chemistry,
paraffin is used synonymously...
- "The
Tallow Candle" (Danish: Tællelyset), was
discovered in a
Danish archive in
October 2012. The story,
written in the 1820s, is
about a
candle that...
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could afford them,
while the
cheaper tallow candles made of
animal fat were smelly,
smokey and
burned quickly.
Candle holders were
therefore rare in ordinary...
- solid.
Sebaceus is
Latin for
tallow candle,
sebum is
Latin for
tallow, and
refers to its use in the
manufacture of
candles.
Sebacic acid is a derivative...
- A
rushlight is a type of
candle or
miniature torch formed by
soaking the
dried pith of the rush
plant in fat or grease. For
several centuries, rushlights...
