The Art of Glass-Blowing / Plain Instruction for the Making of Chemical and Philosophical Instruments Which are Formed of Glass

by T.-P. Danger

THE CANDLESTICK.

For mineralogical researches, chemical assays, and the soldering of small objects, as in jewellery, we recommend the use of a little candlestick, which, by means of a spring fixed to the bottom, maintains the candle always at the same height. A reservoir, or shallow cup, formed at the top of the candlestick, to hinder the running away of the tallow or wax, allows the operator to consume the fragments of tallow or grease which are ordinarily lost in domestic economy. There is a little hole in the centre of the cup or upper part of the candlestick, through which the wick of the candle passes. o, [pl. 1], fig. 22, is a representation of this candlestick.