animal charcoal

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

As a preventive, the following will be found valuable: Flour of sulphur, six pounds; animal charcoal, one pound; sulphate of iron, six ounces; cinchona pulverized, one pound.

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 Jennings, Robert

Of these, the spent animal charcoal of the sugar-refiners, usually containing about 70 per cent of phosphates, and South American bone ash, are the most important.

From Elements of Agricultural Chemistry by Anderson, Thomas

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

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

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 Simmons, W. H.

The sulphates should not be used pure, but are to be mixed with powdered animal charcoal in the proportion of one of the former to eight or ten of the latter.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.