{"id":712,"date":"2017-03-10T13:46:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T12:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martinvodvarka.cz\/?page_id=712"},"modified":"2017-07-27T10:29:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T08:29:33","slug":"about-candles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.martinvodvarka.cz\/de\/about-candles\/","title":{"rendered":"About Candles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Candle is a simple source of light that has been used since antiquity. If functions on a principle of changing chemical energy bound in a solid body of a candle to light energy. It consists of a candle body, wick and eventually cup.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

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Types of candles<\/h3>\n
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  • Pressed – they’re made by pressing powder material to case shape that can be put for example into cemetery candle cups.<\/li>\n
  • Hauled – they’re made in two basic shapes – cylinder and cone. These candles are made by alternately soaking the wick into paraffin and water.<\/li>\n
  • Cast into forms – they’re made by casting wax into forms of different shapes and diameters.<\/li>\n
  • Cast into cups – these candles are often flavored. For casting, mostly vessels from glass, ceramic or plastic are used).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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    What were and are candles made from?<\/h3>\n

    Making of candles was appreciated mostly by old Egyptians, around 3 000 B.C., when candles were made from genuine beeswax.<\/p>\n

    Other materials used for making candles:<\/p>\n

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    • wax from boiled cinnamon (probably India)<\/li>\n
    • tallow (in France in 1st century A.D.)<\/li>\n
    • paraffin, stearin<\/li>\n
    • candle gel<\/li>\n
    • palm wax<\/li>\n
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      Use of candles<\/h3>\n
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      • celebrations<\/li>\n
      • religion, masses<\/li>\n
      • creating a special athmosphere<\/li>\n
      • torches of live fire<\/li>\n
      • Christmas time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        In earlier times, candles were used also for other (some of them nearly extinct) activities, for example for warming up of sealing-wax, sealing of imortant documents etc.
        \nIn Czech Republic, candles are mostly used in cemeteries as a reminiscence of deceased.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Candle is a simple source of light that has been used since antiquity. If functions on a principle of changing chemical energy bound in a solid body of a candle to light energy. It consists of a candle body, wick and eventually cup. 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