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Wax has been a valuable commodity for over 2000 years. In ancient times beeswax was used for softening skin, binding together reeds used for flutes, coating and preserving valuable objects, candle production and making sculpture and statues of highly regarded public figure.
Examples of waxes include beeswax, candelilla wax, carnauba wax, lanolin, liquid lanolin and jojoba wax.
The ancient Egyptians used beeswax to make writing tablets and models, and waxes are now described as man’s first plastic.
Egyptian already used the beeswax candle during the New Kingdom of Egypt (1567-1085 BC).
Indeed, the plastic property of waxes and cold flow yield values allow manual working at room temperature corresponding to the practices of the Egyptians.
About 700 BC, Homer recorded the plasticity of beeswax in Book XII of the Odyssey: Odysseus King of Ithaca used it to ensure that his sailors would be deaf to the song of the Sirens on an island near the Italian coast.
In China, the wax has been used to retard desiccation of citrus fruits since the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The Chinese noted that the waxes slowed water loss and caused fermentation.
Hot melt paraffin waxes have been used to coat citrus fruits in the United States since the 1930s, and carnauba wax and oil in water emulsion have been used for coating fresh fruits and vegetables since the 1950s.
Waxes of simple lipid in history
- Beer Brewing In Ancient Egypt
First beer was brewed by the Sumerians who lived in Mesopotamia between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, in 8000 to 6000 BC. They produced a nutritious, non-perishable and intoxicating beverage by soaking barley or Emmer wheat. For the ancient Egyptians...
- Food Preservation During Ancient Time
Food preservation is as old as human civilization. Preservation of foods inhibits spoilage cause by bacterial growth, oxidation, insects or desiccation. Two staples of the ancient armies, wine and beer, were preserved for use as military rations. Some...
- History Of Cats
The cat family is called Felidae. Cats have been kept in captivity for thousands of years and have served various human needs, some utilitarian such as hunting rodents for pest control, or antelope of sport and other less so. The first domesticated cat...
- History Of Food Processing Development
The history of chilled and/or refrigerated foods dates to very early times. The first references are to the use of natural ice used to preserve food products for extended periods of time. Natural ice was being used even by late eighteen century with salmon...
- The History Of Garlic
Native to Central Asia, garlic is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world. It was recorded that garlic was introduced to India more than 5,000 years ago. From there it spread to the east, probably to South East Asia. Recorded history shows garlic...
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Waxes of simple lipid in history
Wax has been a valuable commodity for over 2000 years. In ancient times beeswax was used for softening skin, binding together reeds used for flutes, coating and preserving valuable objects, candle production and making sculpture and statues of highly regarded public figure.
Examples of waxes include beeswax, candelilla wax, carnauba wax, lanolin, liquid lanolin and jojoba wax.
The ancient Egyptians used beeswax to make writing tablets and models, and waxes are now described as man’s first plastic.
Egyptian already used the beeswax candle during the New Kingdom of Egypt (1567-1085 BC).
Indeed, the plastic property of waxes and cold flow yield values allow manual working at room temperature corresponding to the practices of the Egyptians.
About 700 BC, Homer recorded the plasticity of beeswax in Book XII of the Odyssey: Odysseus King of Ithaca used it to ensure that his sailors would be deaf to the song of the Sirens on an island near the Italian coast.
In China, the wax has been used to retard desiccation of citrus fruits since the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The Chinese noted that the waxes slowed water loss and caused fermentation.
Hot melt paraffin waxes have been used to coat citrus fruits in the United States since the 1930s, and carnauba wax and oil in water emulsion have been used for coating fresh fruits and vegetables since the 1950s.
Waxes of simple lipid in history
- Beer Brewing In Ancient Egypt
First beer was brewed by the Sumerians who lived in Mesopotamia between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, in 8000 to 6000 BC. They produced a nutritious, non-perishable and intoxicating beverage by soaking barley or Emmer wheat. For the ancient Egyptians...
- Food Preservation During Ancient Time
Food preservation is as old as human civilization. Preservation of foods inhibits spoilage cause by bacterial growth, oxidation, insects or desiccation. Two staples of the ancient armies, wine and beer, were preserved for use as military rations. Some...
- History Of Cats
The cat family is called Felidae. Cats have been kept in captivity for thousands of years and have served various human needs, some utilitarian such as hunting rodents for pest control, or antelope of sport and other less so. The first domesticated cat...
- History Of Food Processing Development
The history of chilled and/or refrigerated foods dates to very early times. The first references are to the use of natural ice used to preserve food products for extended periods of time. Natural ice was being used even by late eighteen century with salmon...
- The History Of Garlic
Native to Central Asia, garlic is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world. It was recorded that garlic was introduced to India more than 5,000 years ago. From there it spread to the east, probably to South East Asia. Recorded history shows garlic...