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The whale population has decreased dramatically from the time in which whaling was a popular industry to the present. Whale oil is not used often today because whales are being protected.
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What new use was whale oil used in the 1900s?
Whale oil was used for lamps. This is was very popular because whale oil was brighter and did not smell.
Is crude oil used in place of whale oil?
Crude oil is a complex hydrocarbon mixture and plant based. Whale oil is a triglyceride of a fatty acid and is animal based
What is whaling used for?
When a whale is hunted, its meat is used for food. Occasionally, people will use the whale's blubber for oil.
What new use for whale oil found in the 1900s?
Whale oil was used for lamps. This is was very popular because whale oil was brighter and did not smell.
What new use for whale oil was found in the 1900's?
Whale oil was used for lamps. This is was very popular because whale oil was brighter and did not smell.
Kerosene was used instead of what oil?
Whale oil early on.
What part of the whale is used for oil?
The blubber
More answers to what whale are used for?
Whale blubber is used for oil, meat for food, and bone for spears.
What were perfumes originally made from?
The base liquid for perfume used to come from sperm whales and was called ambergris. This oil from the skull of the whale was probably used by the whale for it's echo locating senses. It was a highly prized oil and drove the whale culling industry along with whale oil for lamps before electricity was invented. A huge range of aromatic oils derived from plants and animals,especially the musk ox and civet cat were then blended with this oil. Today this oil is copied using synthetic solvents but the scents can still come from plants and animals.
What kind of oil is used in old wall oil lamps?
Kerosene and before that, whale oil.
What are whale oil?
Whale oil lamps are lamps from the 1800s that were lit with whale oil. (: Whale oil lamps are lamps from the 1800s lit by whale oil. who ever wrote that sucks
Is the entire whale used in whale hunting?
Not always. The blubber is used for oil, and the whale bone can be used for carvings and other things. The rest of the whales body is thrown overboard.
