Cannizzaro); and on warming with alcoholic potassium cyanide it condenses to benzoin (q.
On passing the vapour of benzoin over heated lead oxide, it is converted into benzil and benzophenone.
The odour of Siam benzoin is partly due to the presence of vanillin, and the substance contains as much as 38% of benzoic acid but no cinnamic acid.
By moistening ordinary cigars with a strong tincture of cascarilla, to which a little gum benzoin and storax may be added.
The benzoin merchant, betraying a habit acquired in a ruder society, groped vaguely at his hip.
Compound tincture of benzoin is known by this name.
The decoction is sweetened with a little sugar, flavoured with benzoin and sassafras, and, finally, preserved from decomposition by means of the bichloride of mercury.
Some persons employ tincture of tolu, or compound tincture of benzoin (Friar's balsam) for this purpose.
Benzoin and storax are also used, on account of their agreeable odour.
By sublimation from the dry aqueous extract of nut-galls, in a Mohr's apparatus, in the same way that benzoic acid is obtained from benzoin resin, observing the precautions referred to in No.
From rose water, 1 quart; tinctures ofbenzoin and styrax, of each 1 fl.
Analysis assigns the following composition to this cosmetic: Corrosive Sublimate 1 grain Tincture of Benzoin 7 grains Water 10 ounces Mix.
Tincture benzoin added to it prevents it from becoming rancid.
The nipples should be drawn out before confinement; if neglected use the following: Compound tincture of benzoin one-half ounce.
Compound tincture of benzoin is good to use in the water for steaming; one-half to one tablespoonful to a quart of water.
Apply benzoin as before directed, and use a glass or rubber nipple shield until it gets well.
Compound tincture of benzoinapplied on batting to tooth," Toothache, Oil of Cinnamon for.
You can also put in the steaming water one teaspoonful to one tablespoonful of compound tincture of benzoin for this disease.
After each nursing wash them clean with warm water or water and a little alcohol and after drying them, put on the tincture of benzoin with a camel's hair brush.
Begin by boiling a chicken for some time; then place it in a stew-pan, after having sprinkled it with benzoin and pepper.
Take a small piece of the gum benzoin and boil it in spirits of wine till it becomes a rich tincture.
Melt in a jar placed in a basin of boiling water a quarter of an ounce each of white wax and spermaceti, flour of benzoin fifteen grains, and half an ounce of the oil of almonds.
It is requisite to take care to prevent the benzoin from running into clots.
His method was, to digest the benzoin with pounded chalk and water, till the whole of the acid had combined with lime, and dissolved in the water.
Benzoin supplied by the Pawang is burnt, and the plot sprinkled with tepong tawar.
When one wishes to begin reaping the grain one must first have the Pawang's permission, and burn benzoin supplied by him in the field.
The gum or resin called dulang is named by us scentedbenzoin from its peculiar fragrance.
Along with the benzoin they put into the retort a mixture of sugar-cane and other articles that contribute little or nothing to the quantity or quality of the distillation; but no liquid is added.
A small branch of the prickly bamboo was planted in the area also, and benzoin was kept burning during the ceremony.
Pacheco stood on to Barus, a place renowned for its gold trade, and for gum benzoin of a peculiar scent, which the country produced.
On the southern is a town named Kiking, where more trade is carried on by the Malays and Achinese than at the former, the Samponan or Papa mountains producing more benzoin than those of Daholi.
The separate pieces are up to 3 millimeters in diameter, though the Siam benzoin in tears frequently consists of still larger and generally decidedly flattened pieces.
Benzoin generally consists of cinnamic and benzoic acids which occur in a crystalline state in the grains as well as the ground-mass; further, of several amorphous resins soluble in alcohol, and coloring matter.
Alcohol of best quality 10 quarts, tinctures of orris root, tolu balsam, benzoin and storax, each 1 lb.
All varieties of benzoin dissolve in concentrated sulphuric acid to a beautiful purple colored fluid, from which benzoic acid, if present, is separated in crystals by the gradual addition of water.
By further compounding the saponified portions of the latter with acid, a crystalline precipitate of benzoin is formed, the quantity of which amounts to from 40 to 50 per cent.
Then add the benzoin tincture, mix intimately and finally filter through paper.
It shows a slight acid reaction, has an agreeable odor reminding one of gum benzoin and vanilla, and at first a mild, but, later on, a sharp and pungent taste.
French-rose pomade and benzoin tincture each 1 quart, musk-root tincture No.
For Benzoin and Turpentine, see these articles in their alphabetical places.
The fracture of benzoin is conchoidal, and its lustre greasy: its specific gravity varies from 1.
Benzoin enters also into the composition of certain varnishes employed for snuff-boxes and walkingsticks, in order to give these objects an agreeable smell when they become heated in the hand.
The benzoin contains traces of a volatile oil, and a substance soluble in water, at least through the agency of carbonate of potash.
The sorted benzoin is, on the other hand, very impure.
The frazila of white benzoin is worth three cruzados, of black only a cruzado and a half.
There is also much lac and benzoinof two kinds, white and black.
To the milk of lime, four ounces of powdered benzoin and thirty ounces of water are to be added, and the mixture boiled for half an hour, and stirred during this operation, and afterwards strained through linen.
According to this process, coarsely-powdered gum benzoin is to be strewed on the flat bottom of a round iron pot which has a diameter of nine inches, and a height of about two inches.
The material thus separated from the benzoin is called flowers of benzoin in commerce, and by chemists is termed benzoic acid.
Dissolve benzoin in strong alcohol, by the aid of heat, and add to the solution, whilst hot, hydrochloric acid, in sufficient quantity to precipitate the resin.
Some of the largest wholesale perfumers use five or six pounds of gum benzoin per annum, but none use the benzoic acid.
Mohr usually obtains about an ounce and a half of benzoic acid from twelve ounces of gum benzoin by the first sublimation.
After they are thoroughly moistened, let them be well dried; upon one side of this paper spread a mixture of equal parts of gum benzoin, olibanum, and either balm of Tolu or Peruvian balsam, or the benzoin may be used alone.
In the Russian Church, benzoin is chiefly employed.
Or, put one ounce of powdered gum of benzoin in a pint of whisky; to use, put in water in wash-bowl till it is milky, allowing it to dry without wiping.
Lait virginal” is a mixture of 2 parts tincture of benzoin with 62 parts orange flower water.
After fifteen minutes of mock running take an invigorating, tepid sponge bath with just a dash of benzoin in the water.
But this is not really effective unless a little benzoin is added to the water, and the armpits well dried, and dusted with powder afterward.
This is simply the best mutton tallow to which benzoin has been added, and both ingredients kept at a steady heat until the alcohol of the benzoin has been completely evaporated.
Take from the fire, and add the benzoin and the orange flower water, fluffing it with an egg-beater till cold.
Beat briskly till fluffy, adding the three drops of benzoin just as the mixture begins to cool.
M'Barka had given her a necklace of black beads which the negresses had made of benzoin and rose leaves and spices, held in shape with pungent rezin.
Benzoin and Benzoic Acid: 1 dram inhaled from hot water eases cough and lessens expectoration.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "benzoin" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: drug; resin; stimulant
