Zimax, as a wholesale glass candle holder supplier wants to share part of history of Candles and Candle making methods with you. The exact history of the candle is unknown, for its origins are almost as ancient as the history of man. The earliest ancestor of the true candle, the type known today, was the torch. Primitive torches, which are related to the open fire, might be of the simplest and most naturalistic type. They could be made from such materials as a pine knot, a dried tree branch, wood splinters bound as bundles, the body of small fish or bird, or any other organic material with sufficient flammable content. For purposes of terminology, such lighting devices intended for outdoor use might be called torches; if intended for indoor use, they should be called elementary candles.

 One of the most familiar types of elementary candle is the pine-splinter torch. This is made from a splinter or silver of resinous wood, which is the ignited. Closely related is the rush light, for which the basic flammable ingredient is the pith of a marsh rush that has been dipped in grease or fat. The coated rush is fastened into a scissors- like holder, generally of iron, and ignited.

 The immediate ancestor of the true candle is the taper a cord that has been thinly coated with fat or wax. When a group of cords that have been treated in this manner are tied together, they are referred to as “flambeau”

 While true candles certainly might have been developed earlier, there is documentary evidence to show their existence by the eleventh century. From this date is preserved a part of the Exultet Roll that is now in the Vatican Library. An illumination from this source shows a tall Paschal candle being lighted from a taper. Several other illuminations from the same roll, which date from the twelfth century, show both large paschal candles and small candles in use. Despite the fact that candles may have existed in Roman times, the fact remains that they did not come into general use until the fourteenth century. Medieval candles were either carried in the hand or held on pricket, or spiked, stand made of iron, brass, or bronze. A thin metal spike was inserted in the bottom of the candle, and it was thus held in place.

 The true candle is formed from a cord or wick surrounded by a thick layer of tallow or wax that serves as fuel. It is, of course, the flame that is the most important part of a burning candle. The candle flame is actually a body of gas in different stages of combustion. The part nearest the wick is a core of gas. An area where the carbon in the fuel causes the flame to radiate the most heat and light surrounds this.

The third part of the flame is around and above this; here the carbon is being competently oxidized, and vanishes.

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