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oils, tar, india-rubber, and kindred commodities.
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most position in this industry, with 10 factories (of a total of 42) and over 43 i,
of the whole prodnction, which is estimated as equal to 5,894,000 kronor (à l’io
shilling or 0’268 dollar); then comes Malmö with 8 factories and 17 % of the
total turnout.
Scents.
Scents in the ordinary sense are most frequently solutions of fragrant
substances in pure spirit. In general, scents and the choicer soaps are made in the
same factories. The whole turnout of scent was valued at 756,000 kronor in
1900. The imports in 1900 were valued at 124,000 kronor, and the exports at
25,000 kronor.
Candles.
Up to about the year 1860, tallow candles were almost the only kind of
artificial light, for though colza-oil lamps attained a certain degree of popularity,
the tallow candles dipped in the homes were and remained indispensable in every
household, until the time when gas and American paraffine almost simultaneously
became known and put into use as illuminants. In place of tallow candles,
stearine candles are now almost universally employed, in cases where for some
reason candle light is preferable. The manufacture of stearine candles in
Sweden dates from 1838, when L. J. Hierta, a prominent and active man in
Liljeholmen Stearine-Factory. Candle-Moulding Room.
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