Whale was hunted by American Indians off the Northwest coast, especially by the Makah, and used for their meat and oil.

Whale was a monster, killing other whales and depriving the quileute tribe of meat and oil.

Whale oil is little used today and modern commercial whaling is done for food.

The candle can be made of paraffin ( a byproduct of petroleum refining ), microcrystalline wax, stearin ( now produced almost exclusively from palm waxes though initially manufactured from animal fats ), beeswax ( a byproduct of honey collection ), gel ( a mixture of polymer and mineral oil ), some plant waxes ( generally palm, carnauba, bayberry, or soybean wax ), tallow ( rarely used since the introduction of affordable and cheap wax alternatives ) or spermaceti ( extracted from the head of a Sperm Whale ).

* Whale oil

Whale oil was used in candles as wax, and in oil lamps as fuel.

Whale oil prices dropped during the Great Depression, making the station economically unprofitable, thus it was abandoned in 1931.

Whale oil was to become New Holland's ( Australia ) most profitable export until the 1830s, and it was the whaling industry that shaped Lord Howe Island's early history.

In the late 19th century, whalers discovered that the Beaufort Sea was one of the last refuges of the depleted Bowhead Whale, which was prized for its baleen, blubber, and oil.

Since 2006, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ) has convened the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel ( WGWAP ), consisting of marine scientists who provide expert analysis and advice concerning impacts on the endangered western gray whale population from oil and gas projects in the area, including Sakhalin-I.

Whale oil became South Australia ’ s first export.

Whale oil was then the most important raw material for the production of margarine and soap in Germany and the country was the second largest purchaser of Norwegian whale oil, importing some 200, 000 metric tonnes annually.

The species hunted was the Bowhead Whale, a baleen whale that yielded large quantities of oil and baleen.

As these populations declined and the market for whale products ( especially whale oil ) grew, American whalers began hunting the Sperm Whale.

Whale oil was vital in illuminating homes and businesses throughout the world in the 19th century, and served as a dependable lubricant for the machines powering the Industrial Revolution.

* History of Whale oil on Nantucket on Plum TV

The Irving Whale, an oil barge owned by Irving Oil's sister firm J. D.

* In 1970 an oil barge named the Irving Whale sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence causing periodic oil spills until it was raised by the federal government in 1996.

Whale oil lamp of the 18 / 19th century

Whale oil ( or " train oil ") is oil obtained from whales.

It is often now called the Whale, though it is most strongly associated with Cetus the sea-monster, who was slain by Perseus as he saved the princess Andromeda from Poseidon's wrath.

Frankenstein was the first in a series which lasted for many years, although Karloff only featured as the monster in Bride of Frankenstein ( 1935 ), again directed by Whale, and Son of Frankenstein ( 1939 ).

James Whale ( 22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957 ) was an English film director, theatre director and actor.

A string of commercial failures followed and, while Whale would make one final short film in 1950, by 1941 his film directing career was over.

Whale was openly gay throughout his career, something that was very unusual in the 1920s and 1930s.

Whale was born in Dudley, England, the sixth of the seven children of William, a blast furnaceman, and Sarah, a nurse.

Although Whale had little interest in the politics behind the war, he realized that conscription was inevitable so he enlisted in the Army.

Considered because of his age a good candidate for officer training, Whale joined the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps in October 1915 and was stationed in Bristol.

In 1928 Whale was offered the opportunity to direct two private performances of R. C. Sherriff's then-unknown play Journey's End for the Incorporated Stage Society, a theatre society that mounted private Sunday performances of plays.

Whale completed work on the film in 15 days and his contract was allowed to expire.

It was at around this time that Whale met David Lewis.

On both sides of the Atlantic the film was a tremendous critical and commercial success and placed Whale at the top of the British film industry.

Universal Studios signed Whale to a five-year contract in 1931 and his first project was Waterloo Bridge.

Also in 1933 Whale directed the romantic comedy By Candlelight which got good reviews and was a modest box office hit.

With the success of Bride Laemmle was eager to put Whale to work on Dracula's Daughter, the sequel to Universal's first big horror hit.

Whale gathered as many of those as he could who had been involved in one production or another of the musical, including Helen Morgan, Paul Robeson, Charles Winninger, and, as Magnolia, Irene Dunne, who believed that Whale was the wrong director for the piece.

Whale was furious, and the altered film was banned in Germany anyway.

Lewis, meanwhile, was busier than ever with his production duties and often worked late hours, leaving Whale lonely and bored.

The 62-year-old Whale was smitten with the younger man and hired him as his chauffeur.

Whale was cremated per his request and his ashes were interred in the Columbarium of Memory at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.

James Whale lived as an openly homosexual man throughout his career in the British theatre and in Hollywood, something that was virtually unheard of in the 1920s and 1930s.