Paper, 'The tallow chandeler' by Theod [Theodore] de Vaux
Reference number: CLP/3i/26
Date: 1666
Description
De vaux provides instructions for making the five following types of tallow candles:
- Candles dipped in a mould
- Very fine candles
- Watch candles made with the pith of rushes
- Candles in moulds
- Cheap candles for poor men to burn
Subject: Industry / Lighting
Read to the Royal Society on 14 March 1666.
- Reference number
- CLP/3i/26
- Earliest possible date
- 1666
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Theodore de Vaux, Paper, 'The tallow chandeler' by Theod [Theodore] de Vaux, 1666, CLP/3i/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3i_26/paper-the-tallow-chandeler-by-theod-theodore-de-vaux, accessed on 09 February 2026
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Classified papers: volume 3i concerning 'Mechanicks, Trades, Engineering, Navigation'
Reference number: CLP/3i
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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