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  2. Candle wick - Wikipedia

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    A candle wick or lamp wick is usually made of braided cotton that holds the flame of a candle or oil lamp. A candle wick works by capillary action, conveying ("wicking") the fuel to the flame. When the liquid fuel, typically melted candle wax, reaches the flame it then vaporizes and combusts. In other words, the wick brings the liquified wax up ...

  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. Hindenburg light - Wikipedia

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    Hindenburg light, around 1943-1945, Museum Geiserschmiede Bühlertal. The Hindenburg light or Hindenburglicht was a source of tallow lighting used in the trenches of the First World War, named after the Commander-in-Chief of the German army in World War I, Paul von Hindenburg.

  5. Candle - Wikipedia

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    Candle with unlit wick. A candle wick works by capillary action, drawing ("wicking") the melted wax or fuel up to the flame. When the liquid fuel reaches the flame, it vaporizes and combusts. The candle wick influences how the candle burns. Important characteristics of the wick include diameter, stiffness, fire resistance, and tethering.

  6. Chandelier - Wikipedia

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    A chandelier (/ ˌ ʃ æ n d ə ˈ l ɪər /) is an ornamental lighting device, typically with spreading branched supports for multiple lights, designed to be hung from the ceiling. [1] [2] Chandeliers are often ornate, and they were originally designed to hold candles, but now incandescent light bulbs are commonly used, [3] as well as ...

  7. Spill vase - Wikipedia

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    A spill vase, or spill holder is a small cylindrical vase or wall-hanging vase for containing splints, spills, and tapers for transferring fire, for example to light a candle or pipe from a lit fire. From the documentary record, they probably date back to the 15th century, though the heyday of specially made vases is the 19th century.

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