paraffin paper

Before using metal cylinders though Edison used paraffin paper.

Wax paper (waxed paper), also known as paraffin paper, is paper that is made moisture-proof through the application of wax.

The processed fruits are sorted, graded, bundled, and wrapped in paraffin paper and preserved for the development of desired bean qualities, especially flavor and aroma.

He also developed paraffin paper, which had great and varied uses as a waterproof packing for foodstuffs, confectionery, etc., and made possible the safe transportation and preservation of many substances, otherwise perishable.

Everything was: rings in trays stacked atop one another like egg cartons; loose stones wrapped in paraffin paper and tucked inside white envelopes; gold necklaces stretched across display boards, a small fortune of jewelry given the flea-market treatment.

I also invented devices for and introduced paraffin paper, now used universally for wrapping up candy, etc." The mimeograph employs a pointed stylus, used as in writing with a lead-pencil, which is moved over a kind of tough prepared paper placed on a finely grooved steel plate.