pearl ash
Britishnoun
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In the 1780s, American cooks started adding the chemical leavener pearl ash to their pancake batter.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2013
The Doctor found that a mixture of pearl ash with soot, calcined by a very intense heat in a covered crucible, when cold caught fire on the affusion of water.
From James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 by Edgar Fahs Smith
When all the soap is molten, additions of pearl ash solution are made to give it a finer and smoother texture, render it more transparent, and increase its lathering properties.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons
The industries included a steam sawmill, a brickyard, pearl ash factory, blacksmith, carpenter and shoe shops as well as a good general store.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 by Various
Purified potassium carbonate is known as pearl ash.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen
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