The Daily Dispatch: March 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], Improvement in candles.

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Improvement in candles.

--Strep the cotton wick in water in which has been dissolved a considerable quantity of nitrate of pota--chlorate of potasa answers still better, but it is too expensive for common practice — by this means a purer flame and superior light are secured, a more perfect combustion is insured, and is rendered nearly as superfluous as in wax candles. The wicks must be thoroughly dried before the follow is put to them.

The Daily Dispatch: March 22, 1862. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. March 22, 1862. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Improvement in candles.