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
In 1916 even under the stimulus of tenfold prices the amount of potash produced as pearl ash was only 412 tons—and we need 300,000 tons in some form.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.
A solution of 2 oz. of pearl ash and 2 oz. of potash mixed in a quart of water makes a good stain.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)
Make a solution of pearl ash and filter it; put gradually to the solution of copper as much as will precipitate the whole of the copper.
From Intarsia and Marquetry by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
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 Smith, Edgar Fahs
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