Backdata on 19th century CPA and more musings on busyness
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007A nice link from the Purple Motes blog related to my continuous partial attention post of a few days ago provides the following info:
Until the 1820s (when candle technology started to improve markedly), both wax and tallow candles needed frequent “snuffing.” We commonly misunderstand the term snuffing today — it did not mean to put [...]
