The materials of the painter's craft in Europe and Egypt : from earliest times to the end of the XVIIth century, with some account of their preparation and use (1911)
Laurie, A. P. (Arthur Pillans), 1861-1949 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Co. · leaf 113
THE OTHER CLASSICAL MEDIUM less impure preparations of alcohol are made. If we wish to prepare spirits of turpentine, the semi- liquid resin from the tree is placed in the still and the turpentine is distilled from it with the help of steam ; or if from the crude petroleum as it rises from … the soil we wish to obtain the thin, light, and vola- tile petroleum suitable for artists’ purposes, we heat the petroleum in a still and use the portion which first comes over. It is evident, then, that a proper knowledge of distillation is necessary for the pre- paration of such volatile mediums,…
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