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  2. Yablochkov candle - Wikipedia

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    A Yablochkov candle consists of a sandwich of two electrodes, which are long carbon rods, approximately 6 by 12 millimetres in cross-section, separated by a block of inert and insulating material such as plaster of Paris or kaolin. There is a small piece of fuse wire or carbon paste linking the two carbon rods at the top end.

  3. Rushlight - Wikipedia

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    Rushlights should not be confused with rush-candles, although the latter word is attested for the same thing earlier in the 1590s. [7] A rush-candle is an ordinary candle (a block or cylinder of tallow or wax) that uses a piece of rush as a wick. [8] Rushlights, by contrast, are strips of plant fibre impregnated with tallow or grease. The wick ...

  4. Candle - Wikipedia

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    By the 13th century, candle making had become a guild craft in England and France, with a French guild documented as early as 1061. [18] The candle makers (chandlers) went from house to house making candles from the kitchen fats saved for that purpose, or made and sold their own candles from small candle shops. [19]

  5. 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]

  6. Timeline of lighting technology - Wikipedia

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    He gave special parties and illuminated his drawing room and dining room. Source: Practical Electrical Engineering, Newnes. Article entitled "The Development of Electric Lighting". 1879 Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan patent the carbon-thread incandescent lamp. It lasted 40 hours. 1880 Edison produced a 16-watt lightbulb that lasts 1500 hours.

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