Sperm whales blubber used for
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Whale oil is oil obtained from the blubber of whales. Whale oil was sometimes known as train oil, which comes from the Dutch word traan ("tear" or "drop"). Sperm oil, a special kind of oil obtained from the head cavities of sperm whales, differs chemically from ordinary whale oil: Early industrial societies used whale oil widely in oil lamps and to make.
Whales and Whaling - 2 - Whale Products
Description:Economic motivation[ edit ] The nose of the whale is filled with a waxy substance that was widely used in candles, oil lamps, and lubricants. Sperm whales were hunted in the nineteenth century by American, British and other national whaling fleets. As with all the species targeted, the thick layer of fat blubber was flensed removed from the carcass and rendered, either on the whaling ship itself, or at a shore station.
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