twelve divisions marked across it.” Hach of these divisions burned one-third of an hour, so that the six candles lasted one day. The discovery of gas lighting and improvements in lamps have done much to curtail the manufacture of candles, but it is yet avast industry. An estimate of the consumption… … the mechanical means of candle-making. his hours to study and devotion and sleep.
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