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• The Chemical History of a Candle, by Michael Faraday (HTML at Fordham)
• A Technical Treatise on Soap and Candles, With a Glance at the Industry of Fats and Oils (Philadelphia: H. C. Baird, 1881), by R. S. Cristiani (PDF and zipped uncorrected OCR files at rawlaw.org)
• Animal and vegetable fixed oils, fats, butters, and waxes: their preparation and properties, and the manufacture therefrom of candles, soaps, and other products. (C. Griffin & Company, Limited, 1894), by C. R. Alder Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on the manufacture of soap and candles, lubricants and glycerin (E. & F. N. Spon;, 1895), by William Lant Carpenter, J. Veitch Wilson, and Henry Leask (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art of manufacturing soap and candles ... : embracing ... (Lindsay & Blakiston, 1867), by Adolph Ott (page images at HathiTrust)
• American soap maker's guide (H. C. Baird & co., inc., 1928), by Ignatius Valerius Stanley Stanislaus, P. B. Meerbott, and William Theodore Branut (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art of soap-making; a practical handbook of the manufacture of hard and soft soaps, toilet soaps, etc. (C. Lockwood and son, 1896), by Alexander Watt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The chemical history of a candle : a course of lectures delivered before a juvenile audience at the Royal Institution (Chatto & Windus, 1886), by Michael Faraday and William Crookes (page images at HathiTrust)
• A course of six lectures on the chemical history of a candle : to which is added a lecture on platinum (Harper & brothers, 1861), by Michael Faraday and William Crookes (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art of soap-making : a practical handbook of the manufacture of hard and soft soaps, toilet soaps, etc., including an appendix of modern candle-making (C. Lockwood and son, 1907), by Alexander Watt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Practical manual of modern methods of utilization of fats and oils in the manufacture of soap and candles, and of the recovery of glycerin (D. Van Nostrand ;, 1906), by Leebert Lloyd Lamborn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Practical handbook of the manufacture of hard and soft soaps, toilet soaps, etc. (Crosby, Lockwood and Son, 1901), by Alexander Watt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Oils, fats, and waxes (C. Griffin, 1903), by C. R. Alder Wright and C. Ainsworth Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern soaps, candles and glycerin; a practical manual of modern methods of utilization of fats and oils in the manufacture of soap and candles, and the recovery of glycerin. (Van Nostrand, 1920), by Leebert Lloyd Lamborn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Soaps and candles. (J. & A. Churchill, 1888), by James Cameron (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on chemistry applied to the manufacture of soap and candles; being a thorough exposition, in all their minutiae, of the principles and practice of the trade, based upon the most recent discoveries in science and art. (Parry and McMillan, 1856), by Campbell Morfit (page images at HathiTrust)
• The chemical history of a candle, a course of lectures delivered before a juvenile audience at the Royal Institution (Chatto and Windus, 1908), by Michael Faraday and William Crookes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A practical treatise on the manufacture of soap and candles ... (H. C. Baird & co.; [etc., etc.], 1888), by William T. Brannt, Karl Schaedler, Alwin Engelhardt, and C. Deite (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chemistry applied to the manufacture of soap and candles. A thorough exposition of the principles and practice of the trade, in all their minutiæ, basd upon the most recent discoveries in science and improvements in art. (Carey and Hart, 1847), by Campbell Morfit (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Kerzen- und Seifenfabrication, nach den neuesten Vervollkommungen dieses Industrie... Mit 8 erläuternden Quarttafeln. (Wiemar, 1852), by Chr. Heinr. Schmidt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Industrie der Fette und Ole. Enthaltend: die seifen- und glycerin-fabrikation, die darstellung der paraffin-, stearin-, wachs- und wallrathskerzen ... (J. Springer, 1866), by H. Perutz (page images at HathiTrust)
• The candle book; text and photographs. (Stephen Daye Press, 1938), by Louis Maurice Auguste Roy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die kunst des seifensiedens und der kerzenfabrikation ... unter berücksichtigung der neuesten erfindungen u.fortschritte u.nach dem jetzigen standpunkt dieser gewerbe leichtfasslich dargestellt von einem praktischen seifensieder. (B.F. Voigt, 1865) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Histoire d'une chandelle (J. Hetzel, 1865), by Michael Faraday, William L. Hughes, and Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville (page images at HathiTrust)
• The chemical history of a candle (J. M. Dent & sons, ltd., 1920), by Michael Faraday and William Richard Fielding (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die fette und öle, sowie die seifen- und kerzenfabrikation und die harze, lacke, firnisse, mit ihren wichtigsten hilfsstoffen (G.J. Göschen, 1907), by Karl Braun (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The chemical history of a candle : a course of lectures delivered before a juvenile audience at the Royal Institution (Chatto and Windus, 1886), by Michael Faraday and William Crookes (page images at HathiTrust)
• A course of six lectures on the chemical history of a candle : to which is added a lecture on platinum (Harper & Brothers, 1899), by Michael Faraday and William Crookes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A course of six lectures on the chemical history of a candle : to which is added, a lecture on platinum (C. Griffin, 1865), by Michael Faraday and William Crookes (page images at HathiTrust)
• A technical treatise on soap and candles : with a glance at the industry of fats and oils. (H. C. Baird, 1881), by R. S. Cristiani (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Fabrikation der Mineralöle und des Paraffins aus Schweelkohle, Schiefer, etc., sowie die Herstellung der Kerzen und des Oelgases. (F. Vieweg und Sohn, 1895), by W. Scheithauer (page images at HathiTrust)
• A practical treatise on gas-light : exhibiting a summary description of the apparatus and machinery best calculated for illuminating streets, houses, and manufactories, with carburetted hydrogen, or coal-gas; with remarks on the utility, safety, and general nature of this new branch of civil economy (Printed by Davies and Michael for R. Ackermann [etc.], 1815), by Friedrich Christian Accum (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Practical Treatise on Gas-light: Exhibiting a Summary Description of the Apparatus and Machinery Best Calculated for Illuminating Streets, Houses, and Manufactories, with Carburetted Hydrogen, or Coal-Gas, with Remarks on the Utility, Safety, and General Nature of this new Branch of Civil Economy., by Friedrich Christian Accum (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Chemical History of a Candle, by Michael Faraday, ed. by William Crookes (Gutenberg ebook)

• Lists of references on candles, oils and fats, and glycerin. ([Washington, D.C., 1924), by Library of Congress. Division of Bibliography, William Adams Slade, and Public Affairs Information Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• Reasons humbly offered to the consideration of the Parliament by the Company of Tallow-Chandlers, London against passing the bill relating to convex lights ([London : s.n., 1692?]), by England and Wales Parliament (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Home products fire safety : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, July 14, 2004. (Washington : U.S. Government Printing Office, 2013., 2013), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)

• By the major a proclamation for the prices of tallow and candles. (Printed at London : By VVilliam Iaggard, printer to the honourable city of London, 1620), by City of London (England) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Practical handbook of the manufacture of hard and soft soaps, toilet soaps, etc. (Crosby, Lockwood and Son, 1901), by Alexander Watt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Oils, fats, and waxes (C. Griffin, 1903), by C. R. Alder Wright and C. Ainsworth Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The case of the manufacturers of soap & candles, in the city of New-York, stated and examined. To which are prefixed, the laws of the state of New-York, concerning infectious diseases. : With an addition, in form of an appendix; containing, several documents and papers, relative to these subjects. : Published by the Association of Tallow Chandlers and Soap Makers. (New-York: : Printed by John Buel, for the association., MDCCXCVII. [1797]), by Samuel L. Mitchill, etc New York (State). Laws, and N.Y.) Association of Tallow Chandlers and Soap Makers (New York (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Practical manual of modern methods of utilization of fats and oils in the manufacture of soap and candles, and of the recovery of glycerin (D. Van Nostrand ;, 1906), by Leebert Lloyd Lamborn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Reasons humbly offered to the consideration of the Parliament by the Company of Tallow-Chandlers, London against passing the bill relating to convex lights ([London : s.n., 1692?]), by England and Wales Parliament (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Candles in the Roman Rite (third edition; Baltimore: A. Gross Candle Co., 1937), by Edwin Ryan, illust. by James R. Howard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Candles from the People's Republic of China : determination of the Commission in investigation no. 731-TA-282(final) under the Tariff act of 1930, together with the information obtained in the investigation. (U.S. International Trade Commission, 1986), by United States International Trade Commission, Elizabeth Henning, Diane Mazur, and Josephine Spalding (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geschichte und Bedeutung der (Wachs-) Lichter bei den kirchlichen Funktionen. Ein Beitrag zur Liturgik, sowie für prediger, catecheten und religiöse Kunstanstalten. (Verlag der Kranzfelder'schen Buchhandlung, 1874), by Wolfgang Mühlbauer (page images at HathiTrust)
• The candle as a symbol and sacramental in the Catholic church. (F. Pustet & co., 1909), by Heinrich Theiler and J. F. Lang (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• [Ḳameʻ] [Bi-shevil Tamat bt Yentilah]. (Columbia University Libraries, in the 19th century), by Tamar bat Yentilah Lonzano and Hebrew Manuscripts (Columbia University Libraries) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• [Ḳameʻ] [ʻavur Mirḳada d.m Ṿiadah bat Donah]. (Columbia University Libraries, in the 19th century), by Kazu Kibuishi, Mirḳada bat Donah Ṿiadah, and Hebrew Manuscripts (Columbia University Libraries) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• [Kameʻa] (Columbia University Libraries, in the 19th century), by Hebrew Manuscripts (Columbia University Libraries) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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