The Art of Perfumery eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 224 pages of information about The Art of Perfumery.

The Art of Perfumery eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 224 pages of information about The Art of Perfumery.

[G] Annals of Pharmacy, vol. ii, pp. 168, 169.

[H] The deposit is nearly insoluble in water, is acid and astringent to the taste, gives an acid reaction with litmus.  Spirit of wine dissolves out a small portion, which, on evaporation, leaves a thick oleo-resinous substance, having a rancid smell.  Ether leaves a pleasant-smelling resin, somewhat resembling camphor.  The remainder is nearly insoluble in liq. ammoniae, liq. potassae, more soluble in nitric acid, and well deserves to be further examined.

[I] Qy.  Confectionery?

[J] Qy.  Confectioners?

[K] Confectionery.

[L] The writer means ether!

[M] See “Almond.”

[N] No. 49.

[O] If our Correspondent had carefully read the article he so fiercely attacks, he would have seen that the authorities were Dr. Lyon Playfair’s Lecture, and Professsor Fehling, in the “Wurtemberg Journal of Industry.”—­ED.

[P] No. 50.

[Q] No. 52.

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