gum benzoin
another name for benzoin
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How to use gum benzoin in a sentence
Mohr usually obtains about an ounce and a half of benzoic acid from twelve ounces of gum benzoin by the first sublimation.
The Art of Perfumery | G. W. Septimus PiesseSome of the largest wholesale perfumers use five or six pounds of gum benzoin per annum, but none use the benzoic acid.
The Art of Perfumery | G. W. Septimus PiesseIn all these ceremonies they burn on the spot a little gum benzoin--Et acerra thuris plena, positusque carbo in cespite vivo.
The History of Sumatra | William MarsdenIt may, however, by skilful purification, be rendered quite equal to that obtained from gum benzoin.
By moistening ordinary cigars with a strong tincture of cascarilla, to which a little gum benzoin and storax may be added.
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