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An encyclopedia of the violin, 1925
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1made of the old roots of the Curcuma longa, a plant of the ginger family; and curcumin is the yellow compound contained in this root.
3Turpentine. The oleoresins which exude from certain trees, especially of the conifer family. These resins are separated by distillation into rosin or colophony, and oil or spirit of turpentine. Venetian or Venice turpentine, collected principally in the Tyrol, from the larch tree, is the most esteemed variety. The result of its distillation with water is a colorless volatile oil (essential oil or spirits of turpentine) soluble in alcohol, ether and other oils, and a ready solvent of nearly all resins. Cyprian turpentine is inferior in quality to the Venice turpentine.
5Umber. A hydrated ferric oxid, chestnut brown to liver brown in color, used as a pigment. As found in nature, the oxid is called raw umber, and when heated, so as to produce a reddish brown, is known as burnt umber.
7Vermilion. See cinnabar.
9Lesser used gums include: frankincense, the pinkish, fragrant exudation of the silver fir; Aloes hepatica, a brown resin from Socotra (Bombay aloes); and myrrh, the resin of the Arabian and Baesynnian Balsamodendron myrrha, exuded in thick yellow drops, and found in commerce in the shape of tears and lumps, varying from yellow to reddish brown.
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