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Citronella candles (which burn wax mixed with citronella oil) are not effective at repelling mosquitos such as Aedes aegypti, the species of mosquito responsible for spreading dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro and yellow fever viruses, and other disease agents.
They are available filtered or unfiltered. The word "kretek" itself is an onomatopoetic term for the crackling sound of burning cloves. [1] Partly due to favorable taxation compared to filtered "white" cigarettes, [2] kreteks are by far the most widely smoked form of cigarettes in Indonesia, where they are preferred by about 90% of smokers. [3]
Benzoin, known as kemenyan, from Gombong, Central Java Benzoin street vendor in Tapanoeli Residency, North Sumatra. Benzoin / ˈ b ɛ n z oʊ. ɪ n / or benjamin (corrupted pronunciation) [1] is a balsamic resin obtained from the bark of several species of trees in the genus Styrax.
Camphine and burning fluid (a mix of alcohol and turpentine) served as the dominant lamp fuels replacing whale oil until the advent of kerosene, electric lights and gas lighting. [16] Honda motorcycles, first manufactured in 1946, ran on a blend of gasoline and turpentine, due to the scarcity of gasoline in Japan following World War II. [17]
The tablets burn smokelessly, have a high energy density, do not liquefy while burning and leave no ashes. Invented in 1936 in Murrhardt, Germany, the main component is hexamine, which was discovered by Aleksandr Butlerov in 1859. Some fuel tablets use 1,3,5-trioxane as another ingredient.
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John Varvatos Vintage uses cubeb as one of the ingredients for fragrance. Cubeb is sometimes used to adulterate the essential oil of patchouli, which requires caution for patchouli users. [26] In turn, cubeb is adulterated by Piper baccatum (also known as the "climbing pepper of Java") and Piper caninum. [27]
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