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but the solid wax would stay put and be melted by the flame and enough would be soaked up by the wick to sustain the flame.
by KevinW42 on June 30th, 2007
Surface tension would also keep the liquid wax on the candle. But without fans or other means of moving oxygen to the flame, it would have to burn out fairly quickly.
by LarryH54 on April 28th, 2011