"of standard bands of wealth applicable to each county and city. Published lists are available of many returns and the original documents are in the Public Record Office. The most informative returns, many of which have been published, occur between 1662–1666 and 1669–1674. In Greek mythology, Hestia is the goddess of the hearth, while in Roman mythology Vesta has the same role. In ancient Persia, according to Zoroastrian traditions, every house was expected to have a hearth for offering sacrifices and prayers. Hearth is also a term for a kindred, or local worship group, in the neopagan religion Ásatrú. Hearth"
"It is the counterpart to Peace cigarettes The bow and arrow of the package design are images of the bow and arrow used by the Roman mythical figure Cupid. The color of the bow and arrow and the brand name are navy blue, light uses the colour red, super light uses the colour monotone and menthol uses the colour green. The design of Hope has a smaller proportion of letters of ""HOPE"" of the logotype compared to the originally released packs, the proportion such as the serif portion is thick (minor change in mid November 1995, at the same time"
"Singer Madonna is shown smoking a Vogue brand cigarette in the video for her 1990 single ""Vogue"". In 1999, the line of Vogue cigarettes emerged from an alliance of the British American Tobacco company with its British opponent Rothmans International companies. The ‘Vogue Superslims’ and ‘Vogue Superslims Menthol’ were launched in 1987. This trademark remains in a stable position on the market for women. In 2005, Lilas, Bleue and Menthe, which formed the Vogue Arome line, were added to the main line of Vogue cigarettes. They achieved great success and up to 2006 the whole series of Vogue Arome was"
"Mayfair (cigarette) Mayfair is an English brand of cigarettess, currently owned and manufactured by Gallaher Group, a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco. Mayfair was re-launched in 1992 with the slogan ""A good smoke at a fair price"". The brand is Gallaher Group's leading value cigarette brand. Mayfair is one of the least expensive cigarette brands in the U.K., despite its name presumably being chosen to evoke the glamour of Mayfair, the famous London district. By 2007 Mayfair had become the second most popular cigarette brand in the U.K., with total sales of £663 million. Mayfair is mainly sold in the United"
"a packet of Woodbines from his pocket and light one up, followed by a happy tune and a man reading the line """"Light up life with a Woodbine! It's Britain's best-selling cigarette!"""". at the end. The ads were never played on TV however, as all television commercials for cigarettes were banned on 1 August 1965. A jingle was also made to promote Woodbine in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Woodbine (cigarette) Woodbine is a British brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Imperial Tobacco. Woodbine cigarettes are named after the many Woodbine flowers. Woodbine was launched in 1888"
"is asked by Monsieur Poirot if his fiancé - the wealthy heiress Linnet Ridgeway - smokes, to which he responds ""Just Craven 'A'"". Craven A Craven A is a British brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, a subsidiary of Altria in North America and British American Tobacco outside of North America. The cigarette brand is named after the third Earl of Craven in 1860. After the end of World War I, the cigarette market resumed its normal competitive spirit with the Carreras Tobacco Company once more well to the fore. Baron knew that in"
"sustain combustion. During combustion, various strontium compounds (especially Sr(OH) emit red light, most of which is between 506 and 722 nm in wavelength. Roman candle (firework) A Roman candle is a traditional type of firework that ejects one or more stars or exploding shells. Roman candles come in a variety of sizes, from 6 mm (1/4"") diameter for consumers, up to 8 cm (3"") diameter in professional fireworks displays. Despite their name, Roman candles did not originate in Ancient Rome, or in Italy. Rather, they originated in China, but first became popular during the Italian Renaissance. They are banned in"
"for a series of magazine ads. Fatima (cigarette) Fatima Cigarettes (pronounced fa-TEE-ma) was an American brand of cigarettes, owned and manufactured by the Liggett & Myers tobacco company. Fatima was launched in the 1870s, and was marketed as an exotic blend of Turkish tobaccos. It was one of the first brands to be made on a cigarette machine. The name Fatima, a common Turkish or Arabic woman's name, helped bolster the Turkish image. In the early 1900s, manufactures of Turkish and Egyptian cigarettes tripled their sales and became legitimate competitors to leading brands. Fatima cigarettes was one of many cigarettes"
"and Middle East regions grew by £134 million to £858 million, driven largely by its Nigerian market. Dunhill (cigarette) Dunhill is a British brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by British American Tobacco. The brand is named after the English tobacconist and inventor Alfred Dunhill. In 1907, the tobacconist and inventor Alfred Dunhill opened a small tobacconist's shop on Duke Street in the St James's area. He offered tobacco blends tailored for the individual customer. Dunhill was introduced in 1908 and were, less than glamorously, called the Absorbal. It was designed to counter any perceived health risk and had"
"5 years due to a non-compete agreement. The brand is represented by English model and musician Karen Elson and model and actress Poppy Delevingne who have served as spokespersons for the brand. Jo Malone London Jo Malone London is a British perfume and scented candle brand, founded by Jo Malone in 1983. It has been owned since 1999 by Estée Lauder. The brand is known for its expensive perfumes, luxury candles, bath products, and room scents. The brand became popular in the United States following Ms Malone's appearance on ""The Oprah Winfrey Show"". In 1999, Jo Malone sold the company"
"Woodbine (cigarette) Woodbine is a British brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Imperial Tobacco. Woodbine cigarettes are named after the many Woodbine flowers. Woodbine was launched in 1888 by W.D. & H.O. Wills. Noted for its strong unfiltered cigarettes, the brand was cheap and popular in the early 20th century with the working-class, as well as with army men during the First and Second World War. In the Great War, the British Army chaplain Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy MC was affectionately nicknamed """"Woodbine Willie"""" by troops on the Western Front to whom he handed out cigarettes along with Bibles"
"Match' that was patented by Samuel Jones of London in 1828. His match consisted of a small glass capsule containing a chemical composition of sulfuric acid colored with indigo and coated on the exterior with potassium chlorate, all of which was wrapped up in rolls of paper. The immediate ignition of this particular form of a match was achieved by crushing the capsule with a pair of pliers, mixing and releasing the ingredients in order for it to become alight. In London, similar matches meant for lighting cigars were introduced in 1849 by Heurtner who had a shop called the"
"Swan Vesta Swan Vestas is a brand name for a popular brand of 'strike-anywhere' matches. Shorter than regular pocket matches they are particularly popular with smokers and have long used the tagline ""the smoker's match"" although this has been replaced by the prefix ""the original"" on the current packaging. Swan Vestas matches are manufactured under the House of Swan brand, which is also responsible for making other smoking accessories such as cigarette papers, flints and filter tips. The matches are manufactured by ""Swedish Match"" in Sweden using local, sustainably grown aspen. The Swan brand began in 1883 when the Collard"
"Vesta case Vesta cases, vesta boxes, or pocket match safes or matchsafes were small portable boxes, made in a great variety of forms/shapes, each with snapshut covers to contain vestas (short matches) and retain the matches’ desiccant quality to a maximum. So called, after the name of one of the early makers (which was taken from the goddess Vesta, a Roman deity of fire and the hearth), such came into use around the 1830’s and were produced extensively between the years 1890 and 1920. During this period (of years), almost everyone carried strike anywhere matches, so they could ignite stoves,"
"until 1923. In 1924, the brand was launched. They are first marketed as ""America's luxury cigarette"" and were mainly sold in hotels and resorts. Around the 1930s, it was starting to be advertised as a women's cigarette, based on the slogan """"Mild As May"""". The name was taken from a street in London where Philip Morris's British factory was located. However, as early as 1885, a brand called ""Marlborough"" was already being marketed as a """"ladies' favorite"""" by Philip Morris & Co. In the 1930s, advertising for the cigarette was primarily based on how ladylike the filter cigarette was, in"
"making remained unknown until the early middle-ages. Candles were primarily made from tallow and beeswax in ancient times, but have been made from spermaceti, purified animal fats (stearin) and paraffin wax in recent centuries. The early Greeks used candles to honour the goddess Artemis' birth on the sixth day of every lunar month. Romans began making true dipped candles from tallow, beginning around 500 BC. While oil lamps were the most widely used source of illumination in Roman Italy, candles were common and regularly given as gifts during Saturnalia. The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang (259–210 BC), contained candles made"
"Jo Malone London Jo Malone London is a British perfume and scented candle brand, founded by Jo Malone in 1983. It has been owned since 1999 by Estée Lauder. The brand is known for its expensive perfumes, luxury candles, bath products, and room scents. The brand became popular in the United States following Ms Malone's appearance on ""The Oprah Winfrey Show"". In 1999, Jo Malone sold the company to Estée Lauder Companies for ""undisclosed millions"". Ms Malone continued to work for the brand as creative director until 2006, and was barred from creating a new fragrance or skincare line for"
"Romeo y Julieta (cigar) Romeo y Julieta is the name of two brands of premium cigar, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced in La Romana, Dominican Republic for Altadis SA, a division of Imperial Tobacco. The Romeo y Julieta marque was established in 1875 by Inocencio Alvarez and Manin Garcia. The brand is the Spanish name for Shakespeare's famous tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. Between 1885 and 1900, the brand won numerous awards at different tasting exhibitions (as still evidenced by the gold medals on the brand's logo)."
"characteristic. Latakia is an ingredient of traditional English mixtures. The content can vary from a few percent to about 40-50%, or even more. A few smokers like it at 100%. A modern perfume called Fumerie Turque (Turkish Smoke) was created by French company Serge Lutens, reproducing a fragrance in emulation of Latakia tobacco. http://www.beetradingtobacco.com/index.php/about/ Latakia (tobacco) Latakia tobacco () is a specially prepared tobacco originally produced in Syria and named after the port city of Latakia. Now the tobacco is mainly produced in Cyprus. It is initially sun-cured like other Turkish tobaccos and then further cured over controlled fires of"
"Roman Rule, the Romans began building public bathhouses. Use of cinnamon by soaking cinnamon leaves produced a product that sweetened the breath and scented clothing. Frankincense was also used as a sacred perfume to fumigate houses due to its known medicinal uses for bronchitis and coughs, swellings, and dental problems. It was said that the Gods wished to be perfumed, whereupon their sacred spaces would be filled with the smell of burning incense or their occult symbols were anointed with oils. An example of how an ancient Jasmine Perfume was created: ""Jasmine flowers (50 g) were placed in 500 ml"
"Fatima (cigarette) Fatima Cigarettes (pronounced fa-TEE-ma) was an American brand of cigarettes, owned and manufactured by the Liggett & Myers tobacco company. Fatima was launched in the 1870s, and was marketed as an exotic blend of Turkish tobaccos. It was one of the first brands to be made on a cigarette machine. The name Fatima, a common Turkish or Arabic woman's name, helped bolster the Turkish image. In the early 1900s, manufactures of Turkish and Egyptian cigarettes tripled their sales and became legitimate competitors to leading brands. Fatima cigarettes was one of many cigarettes developed at this time which received"
"Sterling (cigarette) Sterling is a British brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Gallaher Group, a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco in 2007. Sterling Dual had been a fairly popular mid-range brand up to the 1970s but sales dwindled and the brand was eventually discontinued. The brand was officially re-launched in the United Kingdom in 2006. Sterling Dual is the largest selling cheap brand in the UK and is the 8th biggest selling brand of cigarettes in the UK. According to data from AC Nielsen, Sterling Dual has a 44% share in the cheap brand tobacco sector and has retail"
"other die-cast toy brands such as Hot Wheels. The box style packaging was re-introduced for the collectors' market in recent years, particularly with the release of the """"35th Anniversary of Superfast"""" series in 2004. The Matchbox name originated in 1953 as a brand name of the British die-casting company, Lesney Products, whose reputation would be moulded by John W. ""Jack"" Odell (1920–2007), Leslie Charles Smith (1918–2005), and Rodney Smith (hence the name Lesney, a portmanteau of Leslie and Rodney Smith's first names). Their first major sales success was the popular model of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation coach, which sold more"
"Hamlet (cigar) Hamlet is a well-known brand of cigar produced by Gallaher Group division of Japan Tobacco. They are available in several varieties, miniatures and also a regular length. They were regularly referred to as the 'mild cigar' in their advertising. Hamlet cigars were first launched in the UK in 1964. More recently, Hamlet cigars have been launched in a number of western European markets. They are most famous in the UK for their comical advertisements, which presented scenes in which a man, having failed dismally at something, is consoled by lighting a Hamlet cigar. Much of the humour came"
"also recorded by the more picturesque name of ""smeremongere"", since they oversaw the manufacture of sauces, vinegar, soap and cheese. The popularity of candles is shown by their use in Candlemas and in Saint Lucy festivities. Tallow, fat from cows or sheep, became the standard material used in candles in Europe. The unpleasant smell of tallow candles is due to the glycerine they contain. The smell of the manufacturing process was so unpleasant that it was banned by ordinance in several European cities. Beeswax was discovered to be an excellent substance for candle production without the unpleasant odour, but remained"
"Lambert & Butler Lambert & Butler is a British brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Imperial Tobacco. Lambert & Butler cigarettes were launched in Clerkenwell in 1834 by Charles Edward Lambert and Charles Butler, and were one of the earliest British cigar manufacturers. They eventually started selling cigarettes which were being manufactured by John Wood & Son before Lambert & Butler started manufacturing it themselves in 1876 before merging with Imperial Tobacco in 1901. In the late-1800s, it accounted for 20% of total sales value and controlled a large piece of the market with a 1870 capital of"
"promising that ""1004 British Doctors have stated KENSITAS to be less irritating."" Club (cigarette) Kensitas Club (Previously shortened to Club), is a Scottish brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Gallaher Group, a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco. Before May 2017 Club cigarettes in UK came in a distinct blue packet with the CLUB name and a lion's head. Early packaging and advertising literature featured the Kensitas butler - Jenkyn, always portrayed presenting the cigarettes on a tray. Jenkyn continued to be used by Kensitas in their advertising until the late 1950s. Kensitas claimed that their cigarettes ""were made by"
"profit-driving tobacco brands while the offer lasts"""". Lambert & Butler Lambert & Butler is a British brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Imperial Tobacco. Lambert & Butler cigarettes were launched in Clerkenwell in 1834 by Charles Edward Lambert and Charles Butler, and were one of the earliest British cigar manufacturers. They eventually started selling cigarettes which were being manufactured by John Wood & Son before Lambert & Butler started manufacturing it themselves in 1876 before merging with Imperial Tobacco in 1901. In the late-1800s, it accounted for 20% of total sales value and controlled a large piece of"
"improved by the addition of camphor. The price of a box of 50 matches was one shilling. With each box was supplied a piece of sandpaper, folded double, through which the match had to be drawn to ignite it. Walker named the matches """"Congreves"""" in honour of the inventor and rocket pioneer, Sir William Congreve. He did not divulge the exact composition of his matches. Between 1827 and 1829, Walker made about 168 sales of his matches. It was however dangerous and flaming balls sometimes fell to the floor burning carpets and dresses, leading to their ban in France and"
"Cleopatra (cigarette) Cleopatra is a brand of cigarettes currently owned and manufactured by the Eastern Tobacco Company in Egypt. The brand is the most popular cigarette brand in Egypt and is sold in nearly every country in Africa, as well as various countries in the Middle East and Asia. Cleopatra was originally founded in Egypt after a demand from the old Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser for a new Egyptian cigarette brand for both the Egyptian and Syrian market. In the winter of 1961, Egypt held an exhibition in the Cairo exhibition grounds in Gezira for the search of new"
"Superkings Superkings (or John Player as it was originally called) is a British brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Imperial Tobacco. Superkings was launched in 1983. The name is derived from the 100 mm length of the cigarette, which was amongst the first in the UK to be longer than the usual king size. The term is often used to describe any cigarette of regular gauge but with additional length to a king size cigarette. Being primarily marketed towards the working-class female smoker, the brand was the 9th most popular cigarette brand in the UK with 3.3% of"
"Swedish Match Swedish Match AB is a Swedish company based in Stockholm that makes snus, moist snuff, and chewing tobacco (with its Red Man brand). These products are known as moist smokeless tobacco. The company also makes machine-made cigars, matches, lighters as well as razors, batteries, light bulbs and tooth picks. Swedish Match operates in ten countries, with 5,070 employees (2016). The products are sold in more than 100 countries worldwide. The Swedish Match share has been listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, large cap segment, since 1996, with the ticker symbol SWMA. It is a constituent of the OMX Stockholm 30"
"Sobranie Sobranie (, ""Gathering"", ""Collection"", ""Assembly"") is a British brand of luxury cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Gallaher Group, a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco. Sobranie of London was established in 1879 by the Redstone family, when cigarettes had just become fashionable in Europe. It is one of the oldest luxury cigarette brands in the world. Several generations of the Redstone family blended this tobacco from a secret formula. The original cigarettes were handmade in the Russian tradition. Sobranie was the supplier of the Imperial Court of Russia, and of the royal courts of United Kingdom of Great Britain and"