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  2. The Chemical History of a Candle - Wikipedia

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    The Chemical History of a Candle. The Chemical History of a Candle was the title of a series of six lectures on the chemistry and physics of flames given by Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution in 1848, as part of the series of Christmas lectures for young people founded by Faraday in 1825 and still given there every year.

  3. 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]

  4. The Stripping of the Altars - Wikipedia

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    0-300-06076-9 (First edition paperback, ISBN-10) The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400–1580 is a work of history written by Eamon Duffy and published in 1992 by Yale University Press. It received the Longman- History Today Book of the Year Award. [1]

  5. Advent wreath - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 October 2024. Symbol of Advent period For the use of a single candle marked with the days of Advent, see Advent candle. Advent wreath with a Christ candle in the center The Advent wreath, or Advent crown, is a Christian tradition that symbolizes the passage of the four weeks of Advent in the liturgical ...

  6. Tenebrae - Wikipedia

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    Tenebrae (/ ˈtɛnəbreɪ, - bri / [ 1 ] — Latin for 'darkness') is a religious service of Western Christianity held during the three days preceding Easter Day, and characterized by gradual extinguishing of candles, and by a "strepitus" or "loud noise" taking place in total darkness near the end of the service. Tenebrae was originally a ...

  7. Candle - Wikipedia

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    A candle in a candle stick. Tapers (long thin candles) in a church. A small ornamental candle with a gold stand. 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. A candle can also provide heat or a method of keeping time.

  8. The Pit and the Pendulum - Wikipedia

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    Publication date. 1842. " The Pit and the Pendulum " is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical facts.

  9. Hoodoo (spirituality) - Wikipedia

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    In the African American Faith movement. [edit] Hoodoo functioned more as a tool of spiritual healing within Black Protestantism. African American pastors combined Pentecostalism and African-derived traditions of Hoodoo, Voodoo, conjure, and rootwork to heal church members of physical and spiritual ailments.

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