According to the poet Thomas Gray, the Queen and her ladies " were in no small terror " as trains of flax were set alight and flames ran swiftly from candle to candle.

On the left St Richard is shown feeding the hungry in Cakeham and on the right leading his followers from the church, his candle miraculously alight despite the gust of wind which blew out all the other candles.

One should either feel a puff of air or see a flicker of the candle flame with pin that one does not get with bin.

If they conceive of the circle casting as cutting a line in the air with the tool of air, then they may choose to purify the circle with the remaining three elements of fire, water, and earth ; this would involve using a candle to purify the circle, and omitting the incense, since the circle has already been imbued with the element of air.

One common way to do this is by using the four magical elements of fire ( candle ), air ( incense ), water and salt ; and perhaps anointing the blade with an oil infused with magical herbs.

For example, the entire process of blowing out a candle by a puff of air is readily explained by vortex dynamics but is much more complicated to explain using the usual primitive variables of fluid flow theory such as pressure and velocity.

If one blows directly at the can, the air will bend around it and extinguish the candle.

If two lit candles are placed side-by-side, the heated air from each candle rises and entrains surrounding air.

Oils are volatilized or diluted in a carrier oil and used in massage, diffused in the air by a nebulizer, heated over a candle flame, or burned as incense.

In the traditional aarti ceremony, the flower represents the earth ( solidity ), the water and accompanying handkerchief correspond with the water element ( liquidity ), the lamp or candle represents the fire component ( heat ), the peacock fan conveys the precious quality of air ( movement ), and the yak-tail fan represents the subtle form of ether ( space ).

Then, he burned a candle in the remaining air until it went out.

During forced exhalation, as when blowing out a candle, expiratory muscles including the abdominal muscles and internal intercostal muscles generate abdominal and thoracic pressure, which forces air out of the lungs.

Thai ' Lustral water ' can be created in a ceremony in which the burning and extinction of a candle above the water represents the elements of earth, fire, and air.

He noted " The said air being put into a bladder … and tied close, may be carried away, and kept some days, and being afterwards pressed gently through a small pipe into the flame of a candle, will take fire, and burn at the end of the pipe as long as the bladder is gently pressed to feed the flame, and when taken form the candle after it is so lighted, it will continue burning till there is no more air left in the bladder to supply the flame.

By depriving a fire of air, we extinguish it ; for example, when covering the flame of a small candle with an empty glass, fire stops ; to the contrary, if we blow over a wood fire, we activate it ( by bringing more air ).

A meeting with a homeless communist couple in search of mining work made a particularly strong impression on Guevara, who wrote: " By the light of the single candle ... the contracted features of the worker gave off a mysterious and tragic air ... the couple, frozen stiff in the desert night, hugging one another, were a live representation of the proletariat of any part of the world ,"

When Bushnell learned that the candle used to illuminate instruments inside the " turtle " consumed the oxygen in its air supply, he turned to Benjamin Franklin for help.

Mayow argued that the same particles are consumed in respiration, because he found that when a small animal and a lighted candle were placed in a closed vessel full of air the candle first went out and soon afterwards the animal died.

George Hayward Joyce, SJ, explained that "... where the light of the candle is dependent on the candle's continued existence, not only does a candle produce light in a room in the first instance, but its continued presence is necessary if the illumination is to continue.

A candle flame that is longer than its laminar smoke point will emit soot.

* That in 1612 he measured the diameter of the Andromeda nebula and discerned it as having a dull, pale light which increased in brightness toward its center, like " a candle shining through horn ".

The revolt, which ironically took place during the Corpus Christi week, focused on the college as centre of discontent due to its rigid collection of " candle rents ".

After the candle night memorial gathering, the new 3-meter bronze statue of the Goddess of Democracy was moved to the Chinese University of Hong Kong campus for permanent display at its entrance of University Train Station.

The nut is round, in diameter ; the seed inside has a very hard seed coat and a high oil content, which allows its use as a candle ( see below ), hence its name.

The word candle then in turn has its own etymology.

Havdalah is intended to require a person to use all five senses — to taste the wine, smell the spices, see the flame of the candle and feel its heat, and hear the blessings.

He brought these buildings back into a well-functioning state, including the diocesan candle factory, which had almost ceased its activity during the war.

The Café de Paris serves its entrecôte on a bed of the sauce, on a platter kept hot atop a trivet with a warming candle in the base.

Desire's interest in Kara can be explained by its statement to her: " Most people want like a candle flame, but you desire like a forest fire.

Because Tommy's proximity to the candle accelerates the candle's melting process, Tommy is captured and placed in its proximity by Goldar.

offering the Persian Sham-i-Bala, " elevated candle " as an etymology of its name.

This process of propagation, described by the priests, in spite of this name, not as a division but as akin to the lighting of a candle from another already lit, leaves the original kami intact in its original place and therefore doesn't alter any of its properties.

Sebaceus is Latin for tallow candle, sebum ( tallow ) is Latin for tallow, and refers to its use in the manufacture of candles.

Simple examples of the lack of scale symmetry in the physical world include the difference in the strength and size of the legs of elephants versus mice, and the observation that if a candle made of soft wax was enlarged to the size of a tall tree, it would immediately collapse under its own weight.

A candle, usually placed in the center of the koliva, is lit at the beginning of the memorial service and extinguished at its end.

Once the candle has been placed on its stand in the sanctuary, the lights in the church are switched on and the assembly extinguish their candles ( although in some churches, the custom is to continue the liturgy by candlelight until the Gloria ).

Atherton had its share of mining disasters, on 11 February 1850 five men died in a gas explosion caused by a lighted candle at Gibfield and on 28 March 1872 twenty-seven men died at Lovers Lane Colliery after a firedamp explosion caused by blown-out shot.

the candle bearer places the paschal candle in its stand, the cantor, deacon, or assisting minister turns to face the people and chants the Exsultet.

Lord Byron poured himself another glass of wine and held it up to the candle flame admiring the rich color.

These were typically based on the brightness of the flame from a " standard candle " of defined composition, or the brightness of an incandescent filament of specific design.

The ' opening ' refers to a person's first latihan, which is specially arranged to pass on the ' contact ', metaphorically resembling a candle flame that lights a new candle with no difference in quality of the flame.

When spoken near a candle flame, the flame will flicker more after the words par, tar, and car are articulated, compared with spar, star, and scar.

The motion of a candle flame shot with slow shutter speed and large aperture.

This flame provides sufficient heat to keep the candle burning via a self-sustaining chain of events: the heat of the flame melts the top of the mass of solid fuel, the liquefied fuel then moves upward through the wick via capillary action, and the liquefied fuel is then vaporized to burn within the candle's flame.

The size of the flame and corresponding rate of burning is controlled largely by the candle wick.

A candle wick is a piece of string or cord that holds the flame of a candle.

A candle wick works by capillary action, drawing (" wicking ") the melted wax or fuel up to the flame.

A candle flame has three distinct regions.

The best way to avoid getting burned from splashed wax is to use a candle snuffer instead of blowing on the flame.

Glass candle holders are sometimes cracked by thermal shock from the candle flame, particularly when the candle burns down to the end.

Progress toward the finished design is checked by successive smoke proofs ; temporary prints made from a thin coating of carbon deposited on the punch surface by a candle flame.