Meucci invested the substantial capital he had earned in Cuba in a tallow candle factory ( the first of this kind in America ) employing several Italian exiles.
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The wayfarers are lavishly given a loaf of bread and a tallow candle for each person, and a nosebag of barley for each horse free of charge.
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Public auctions during this period were conducted for the duration that a length of tallow candle could burn; these were known as " by inch of candle " auctions.
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"Sebaceus " is Latin for tallow candle, " sebum " is Latin for tallow, and refers to its use in the manufacture of candles.
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Apprentice Robert Cushman lived in George Master s house in St . George the Martyr parish making tallow candles at least until 1599 and likely as late as 1602 or 1603.
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Paraffin wax was first created in the 1850s, and marked a major advancement in candlemaking technology, as it burned more cleanly and reliably than tallow candles, and was cheaper to produce.
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George Masters had the monopoly of tallow candle making which had been granted to him by the City of Canterbury, with city butchers being obliged to sell animal fat to him for candle production.
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Most candles seem to be paraffin wax these days, but tallow candles ( if you can still get them ) are softer .-- Shantavira 13 : 56, 7 August 2006 ( UTC)
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During the military operations of the 1380s, Mihail's son Marin ( 1363 1409 ) supplied hardtack to the galleys and apparently dealt in oil, cheese and tallow candles ( " lojanica " ).
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During the nineteenth and early twentieth century for example, several of this family were proprietors of businesses in the neighbouring village of Whitwick, which included a tallow candle factory, mineral water factory and butcher's shop.
