animal charcoal
Americannoun
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Animal Charcoal for Decolorisation.—The application of animal charcoal for decolorising purposes dates back a century, and various are the views that have been propounded to explain its action.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons
It is got as a by-product in the manufacture of animal charcoal.
From Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians by Noel Rooke
A variety of animal charcoal is sometimes prepared by calcining fresh blood with potassium carbonate in large cylinders, the mass being purified by boiling out with dilute hydrochloric acid and subsequent reheating.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
To remove the brown coloring matter, it must be treated with purified animal charcoal.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
Bark, animal charcoal, as burnt sponge, opium in small doses.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
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