The great-great-grandson of James "Paraffin" Young unveiled the Royal Society of Chemistry landmark blue plaque in his ancestor's honour at the Bennie Museum, Bathgate today. Ian Blackley, a ...
My brother was shot by Mark. Luckily, he survived the attack. The only pieces of evidence we have against Mark are the CCTV footage from the crime scene and the paraffin test conducted by the police.
Other materials which have been used for candles more recently include spermaceti, a waxy material obtained from the sperm whale, paraffin, which is made from coal and oil shales, and bayberry wax, ...
“I had just joined Form One when I smelt paraffin in food for the first time." “It was always like some kind of ritual. Every two or three days before a ‘funkie’ slang for school outings ...