Sperm oil and spermaceti candle

Early modern · Energy · 1740

TL;DR

Sperm oil and spermaceti candle - requires enrichment with adjacent possible narrative

Sperm oil and spermaceti candle - requires enrichment

What Had To Exist First

Preceding Inventions

Sperm whaling Whale oil Candle

Required Knowledge

  • Fuels
  • Whaling

What This Enabled

Inventions that became possible because of Sperm oil and spermaceti candle:

Kerosene Petroleum jelly

Biological Patterns

Mechanisms that explain how this invention emerged and spread:

Niche Construction

Related Inventions

Kerosene Whale oil Candle Petroleum jelly Sperm whaling

Tags

LightingEnergy

New Mechanisms

Sign up to be notified when new mechanisms are published.

Notify Me →