pine-oil

Updated: January 29, 2026

In the rectified state, it has been successfully used in the preparation of lacs for the best kinds of varnish; in lamps it burns as well as olive-oil; and it dissolves caoutchouc completely and speedily. Already the perfumers of Paris make large use of this pine-oil.

Various - Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458: Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852