ozocerite
noun
a waxlike mineral resin; mineral wax.
ozokerite
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a variation of
ozocerite.
Example Sentences
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Near the city of Drohabich, on the railway line running from Cracow to Lemberg, is a town of six thousand inhabitants, called Borislau, which is entirely supported by the ozokerite industry.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various
So as petroleum residues are amorphous, and the crystalline paraffine is first produced by distillation, it has been argued that the paraffine present in crude petroleum is approximately the same thing as ozokerite.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 by Various
The name proto-paraffine has been given to ozokerite and to the paraffine of petroleum in contradistinction to pyro-paraffine, the name that has been applied to the paraffine obtained by distillation from any source.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 by Various
He exhibited specimens of natural brown ozokerite, of yellow ozokerite, sold as beeswax, and of a white purified form, which had been treated by sulphuric acid.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various
No systematic effort has been made to ascertain the quantity of ozokerite in Utah.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various
