Engraving depicting the dipping of tallow candles. A frame of broaches containing wicks is attached to a nodding donkey - a balance- shaped beam suspended from the ceiling with a pan containing counter-balance weights at one end. The weights in the pan determined the size of candles being dipped. Dated 19th Century

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Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
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