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Bayberry candle

Filter candle fitted in glass funnel

1900-1980

dummy phosphorus

Bitumen Candle

Candlestick, socket-type

'Newstart: millennium candle, 31st December 1999'. A gift from local Christian churches to mark the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ. Light a candle for the millennium moment... Millennium AD 2000 holder, etched acrylic, height 9.5cm, diameter at top 6cm. Leaflet with Millennium Resolution to speak at moment, and safety advice, opens to 15x21cm

Newstart

1999
Three standard candles used for sensitometry.

Standard candles

Exhibit showing the use of candles for measuring time. (Consisting of brass candlestick and one pair of snuffers)

Exhibit showing the use of candles for measuring time