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  2. Candle - Wikipedia

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    Wax and tallow candles were made in monasteries in the medieval period, and in rural households, tallow candles may be made at home. [18] 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 ...

  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. Yankee Candle - Wikipedia

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    Yankee Candle flagship store in Deerfield, MA. Yankee Candle's flagship store, which opened in 1982, is located in South Deerfield, Massachusetts.It features all available Yankee Candles as well as kitchen and home accessories, New England crafts, gifts and collectibles, a toy shop, picnic grounds and a "Bavarian Christmas Village" filled with decorated Christmas trees and a toy train that ...

  5. Candlepower - Wikipedia

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    Candlepower (abbreviated as cp or CP) is a unit of measurement for luminous intensity. It expresses levels of light intensity relative to the light emitted by a candle of specific size and constituents. The historical candlepower is equal to 0.981 candelas. In modern usage, candlepower is sometimes used as a synonym for candla.

  6. Candlestick - Wikipedia

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    A candlestick is a device used to hold a candle in place. Candlesticks have a cup or a spike ("pricket") or both to keep the candle in place. Candlesticks are sometimes called "candleholders". Before the proliferation of electricity, candles were carried between rooms using a chamberstick, a short candlestick with a pan to catch dripping wax.

  7. 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 ...

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