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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. William Procter (industrialist) - Wikipedia

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    He started his business and, in 1833, married Olivia Norris, who was the daughter of a prominent candle maker in the city. [5] At his father-in-law Alexander Norris's suggestion, he joined forces in 1837 with his brother-in-law, James Gamble, to establish the company that bears their names.

  4. John Knight (soap maker) - Wikipedia

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    In 1810, John Knight started making candles and soaps, in his spare time, using scraps of material from his job working for a grocer in London. The son of a farmer, Knight was about 18 years old when he established a company in London that would last for 200 years. [2]

  5. Candle - Wikipedia

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    Candles were widely used in the 17th and 18th centuries, and a party in Dresden was said to have been lit by 14,000 candles in 1779. [20] In the Middle East, during the Abbasid and Fatimid Caliphates, beeswax was the dominant material used for candle making. [21]

  6. Walker Brothers (soap) - Wikipedia

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    He founded a candle factory in Wakefield Street, Adelaide (between Acland and Robert streets, neither now in existence) in 1840 and by 1841 was producing enough to advertise his wares, [1] and was making soap a few months later, the first in the field, though Burford's was making candles a few months earlier.

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  8. Chandlery - Wikipedia

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    Whether a separate office or not, the function was naturally an important one, in a time before electric light, and when production of candles was often done privately. It was closely connected with other offices of the household, such as the ewery and the scullery. [2] While this usage is obsolete today, the term can refer to a candle business.

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