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
This gave her a solution of pearl ash or potassium carbonate whose concentration she tested with an egg as a hydrometer.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson
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
They do not discourage our rice, pot and pearl ash, salted provisions, or whale-oil; but these articles, being in small demand at their markets, are carried thither but in a small degree.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
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
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