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...te for whale oil, thus eliminating the economic imperative for open-boat [[whaling]].<ref>[http://www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/gesner.html How Capitalism S

{{further|[[Sperm whaling]]}} ...ti was gathered during whaling and was considered a valuable resource by [[whaling|whalers]] due to the high price that could be fetched for it. The sperm wha

With the demise of commercial [[whaling]], cetyl alcohol is no longer primarily produced from [[whale oil]], but in

...Bedford, Massachusetts]].<ref>http://www.nyelubricants.com/</ref> As the [[whaling]] industry’s epicenter, New Bedford proved a hot spot to start an oil and ...even find samples of some of these oil bottles today, at the [[New Bedford Whaling Museum]].<ref>http://www.whalingmuseum.org/</ref>

...ling]] industry in the mid-to-late 19th century, as the leading product of whaling was oil for lamps.