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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. Rutherford scattering experiments - Wikipedia

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    Applying Thomson's equations described above to an alpha particle colliding with a gold atom, using the following values: q g = positive charge of the gold atom = 79 q e = 1.26 × 10 −17 C; q a = charge of the alpha particle = 2 q e = 3.20 × 10 −19 C; q e = elementary charge = 1.602 × 10 −19 C; R = radius of the gold atom = 1.44 × 10 ...

  4. Timeline of the discovery and classification of minerals

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    The chemical elements were discovered in identified minerals and with the help of the identified elements the mineral crystal structure could be described. One milestone was the discovery of the geometrical law of crystallization by René Just Haüy , a further development of the work by Nicolas Steno and Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle (the ...

  5. Discovery of chemical elements - Wikipedia

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    The earliest gold artifacts were discovered at the site of Wadi Qana in the Levant. [11] Recognised as an element by Guyton de Morveau, Lavoisier, Berthollet, and Fourcroy in 1787. [1] 47 Silver: Before 5000 BC ca. 4000 BC Asia Minor: Asia Minor: Estimated to have been discovered in Asia Minor shortly after copper and gold.

  6. Wax - Wikipedia

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    Wax candle. Waxes such as paraffin wax or beeswax, and hard fats such as tallow are used to make candles, used for lighting and decoration. Another fuel type used in candle manufacturing includes soy. Soy wax is made by the hydrogenation process using soybean oil.

  7. Metals of antiquity - Wikipedia

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    The earliest gold artifacts were discovered at the site of Wadi Qana in the Levant. [13] Silver is estimated to have been discovered in Asia Minor shortly after copper and gold. [14] There is evidence that iron was known from before 5000 BC. [15] The oldest known iron objects used by humans are some beads of meteoric iron, made in Egypt in ...

  8. Archaeologists Just Discovered An Ancient Greek Temple Filled ...

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    The team found Corinthian alabaster, Attic vases, and locally-made ritual jugs. They also uncovered treasure of a shinier kind: gold, silver, coral, and amber jewelry, amulets from the East, and ...

  9. Mond process - Wikipedia

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    Spheres of nickel made by the Mond process. The Mond process, sometimes known as the carbonyl process, is a technique created by Ludwig Mond in 1890, [1] to extract and purify nickel. The process was used commercially before the end of the 19th century, [2] and particularly by the International Nickel Company in the Sudbury Basin. [3]