The history of candles is very long, archaeologists say, the candles first time 5000 years ago (3000 BC) in Egypt and Crete. The first candles were made from animals (sheep and cattle) fat. The torch has been used a variant of candle lighting in particular for the larger cities, torches were usually outdoors, because of the smoke that are released. The first is that the wick is new in the history of Roman candles, which have served in places of worship and for the best night.What development in the history of candles over the centuries?

The introduction of beeswax candles in the history of the Middle Ages, the wax is very expensive and only the rich could afford it, has become the new leading edge beeswax candle burns much cleaner than tallow candle . This new church candles, preferably quickly adopted them and are still today.When the colonists settled in America, they accidentally found that boiling gray-green berries in a kind of wax that is similar to beeswax and has led to the smell when it burns. This new opportunity has no effect on the process, because it was not very long and expensive hoped, so this only as a step in the history of candles.

In 18th Century, the brick industry has proposed a different solution for the leaders of the candle spermaceti was used to create a wax that is not free to make, unfortunately, no unpleasant odor during combustion. The history of candles has become serious in the 19th Century changed when the first machine that automatically produces paraffin candles appeared in 1850 it was discovered, is a product of candles residues.Paraffin free petroleum odor and burned due to the fact that they were too cheap to get, please delete any similar competition.

The only problem with paraffin, the melting point, which can be difficult to reach, but were handed over lightly with all the difficulties of stearic acid was over, introduced as paraffin candles on the market and occupies a leading position in the history candles.The candles? Edison was the one who hit her practical side and ended the long history of candles, in 1879 he discovered the light bulb and the candle making industry disappeared as soon as a result of mass. Today, candles are used as decorative items or as part of aromatherapy, but their main role is in Christian churches, where there are no candles as a light source, but as a spiritual object.