I love to light candles around the house - especially the scented Yankee Candle ones.
candles were invented a long time ago in lots of places.
Do you know where they originated from?
Not sure but candles were used in religious things going back centuries.
I wonder how they figured out to make them by using wax as opposed to oil for candle making?
I guess someone noticed wax burns and later added a wick.
Yeah - I guess they didn't use the for the scented ambiance we do now though - they were a necessity back then.
Candle wick
A candle wick is usually a braided cotton that holds the flame of an oil lamp or candle. 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. The candle wick influences how the candle burns. Important characteristics of the wick include diameter, stiffness, fire-resistance, and tethering.
Wick types.
Candle wicks are normally made out of braided
from house to house making candles from the kitchen fats saved for that purpose, or made and sold their own candles from small candle shops. Beeswax, compared to animal-based tallow, burned cleanly, without smoky flame. Beeswax candles were expensive, and relatively few people could afford to burn them in their homes in medieval Europe. However, they were widely used for church ceremonies.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, spermaceti, a waxy substance produced by the sperm whale, was used to produce a superior candle