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2. History of candle making - Wikipedia

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   Candle moulding machine in Indonesia circa 1920. Candle making was developed independently in a number of countries around the world. [1]Candles were primarily made from tallow and beeswax in Europe from the Roman period until the modern era, when spermaceti (from sperm whales) was used in the 18th and 19th centuries, [2] and purified animal fats and paraffin wax since the 19th century. [1]

3. Candle - Wikipedia

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   Because candle making requires a ... for a luminous efficacy of about 0.16 lumens per watt ... On average, the flame temperature is about 1,000 °C (1,800 ...

4. Timeline of lighting technology - Wikipedia

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   1800–1809 Humphry Davy invents the arc lamp when using Voltaic piles (battery) for his electrolysis experiments. 1802 William Murdoch illuminates the exterior of the Soho Foundry with gas. 1805 Philips and Lee's Cotton Mill, Manchester was the first industrial factory to be fully lit by gas.

5. Obed Hussey - Wikipedia

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   Obed Hussey was born in 1792 to a Quaker family in Maine, but moved at an early age to the island of Nantucket. [1] [8] Little is known of his early life, [1] but as a young man, he sailed on whaling ships to the Pacific Ocean, where he was among the crew who would row after the whales. [9]

6. Lit candles and cotton snow: When Christmas sparked house ...

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7. Candlepower - Wikipedia

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   In 1937, the international candle was redefined again—against the luminous intensity of a blackbody at the freezing point of liquid platinum which was to be 58.9 international candles per square centimetre. In 1948, the international unit candela replaced candlepower. One candlepower unit is about 0.981 candela.

8. Local woman creates candle company - AOL

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   When Kristin Blake first started making candles in late 2023 she never thought it would lead to her owning her own business. The hobby was originally just a way for her to make more creative gifts ...

9. Sleeping woman burned to death on NYC subway train pictured ...

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   The sleeping subway passenger who was burned to death on a Brooklyn F train had aspirations to be a flight attendant and was known for her “million dollar smile,” according to her high school ...