pyroxylin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pyroxylin
1830–40; pyro- + xyl- ( def. ) + -in 2
Example Sentences
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Such a finish very likely will be a compound embracing the good qualities of both the old style varnish and the newer pyroxylin finishes.
From Time Magazine Archive
No. i innovation are Wurlitzer consoles finished in "Kordevon," a cloth covered with ten coats of the plastic, pyroxylin.
From Time Magazine Archive
It may interest you to know that all the important manufacturers of automobile finishing materials are making pyroxylin lacquers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The quality of collodion differs according to the proportions of alcohol and ether and the nature of the pyroxylin it contains.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
The nitration is not carried so far as to produce the guncotton used in explosives but only far enough to make a soluble nitrocellulose or pyroxylin.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.
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