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Holley Bishop
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“At the turn of the century, Edwin Binney and his nephew, C. Harold Smith, who were in the paint business, thought there might be a market for colored wax sticks and began experimenting with beeswax and some of the newer petroleum-based varieties. In 1903, they produced the first rainbow box of eight wax crayons, which they sold successfully to schools. Alice Binney, Edwin’s wife, christened them “Crayolas” by joining the French word craie, or chalk, with “ola,” short for “oleaginous,” or oily. Many”
― Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey--The Sweet Liquid Gold that Seduced the World
― Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey--The Sweet Liquid Gold that Seduced the World
“Thomas Edison was testing wax and sound. Edison’s phonograph was first developed using a steel needle and tinfoil to capture the audio impressions of his voice. Tin tore easily and produced a muted recording, so Edison turned to beeswax, aware of its ability to capture detailed impressions. He substituted a wax cylinder for the tinfoil and recorded tiny scratches and grooves of sound. Applying the ancient technique of lost wax, he applied a micro-thin layer of gold atop the wax so that heavier layers of metal could then be added to create a mold. When the wax was lost and vinyl was added to the mold, the permanent record of sound was gained. Wax”
― Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey--The Sweet Liquid Gold that Seduced the World
― Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey--The Sweet Liquid Gold that Seduced the World
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