animal charcoal

American  

noun

1. carbon obtained from the carbonization of organic tissue of animals.

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animal charcoal

The bones are either used for manure, or are converted into animal charcoal, valuable for various purposes in the arts.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings

The animal charcoal might possibly have been useful if applied immediately.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe

When the heavier hydrocarbons begin to come over the receiver is changed and the butyraceous distillate is filtered through a long column of well dried animal charcoal.

From Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology by William T. Lewis

One turned out to be a piece of animal charcoal, another was chalk, and a third a vegetable substance like a bezoar.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe

At the present time shellac is bleached by filtration over animal charcoal.

From French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction by Richard Bitmead

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