Glass, paints, varnishes and brushes: their history, manufacture, and use (1923)
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company · Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company · leaf 248
THE MANUFACTURE OF VARNISH THE word Varnish is derived from the name imbedded in the ground for many centuries and of Berenice, Queen of Cyrene, beautiful now are brought to the surface for use in the wife of Ptolemy Euergetes, King of Egypt making of varnish. about 250 B.C. She is said to have…