Nine leaves, which had been immersed in the above solution ofcamphor for the times stated in the following table, were next brushed only once with the same brush and in the same manner as before; the results are given in the table.
We may conclude that a small dose of camphor in solution is a powerful stimulant to Drosera.
My first trials were made by brushing the leaves whilst still immersed in the solution; but it occurred to me that the viscid secretion round the glands would thus be removed, and the camphor might act more effectually on them.
Hence alcohol of the above strength is not poisonous, nor does it stimulate the leaves like camphor does.
Vogel that camphor is a stimulant in other ways to various plants and seeds.
Vogel has shown* that the flowers of various plants do not wither so soon when their stems are placed in a solution of camphor as when in water; and that if already slightly withered, they recover more quickly.
So that camphoracts as a stimulant, and it is the only known stimulant for plants.
Camphor dissolved in water acts as a stimulant, as do small doses of certain essential oils, for they cause rapid and strong inflection.
Some scraped camphor was left for a day in a bottle with distilled water, and then filtered.
The camphor must be about the size and shape of a chestnut, and it must be pushed into the soft snow so as to be invisible--the smaller end uppermost, to which the match should be applied.
While rolling, contrive to slip a piece of camphor into the top of it.
Camphor is a concrete essential oil, obtained, by sublimation, from a species of laurus which grows in China and Japan.
Reduce the camphor to powder by rubbing it in a mortar with a little spirit, then sift the whole well together.
Biot, the camphor formed by the oil of lemons does not exercise any action on polarized light, whilst the oil of lemons itself rotates a ray to the right.
The camphor from oil of turpentine, on the contrary, does exercise on the polarized ray the same power as the oil possessed while in its isolated state, of rotating to the left.
First dissolve the bruised camphor in the acetic acid, then add the perfumes; after remaining together for a few days, with occasional agitation, it is to be strained, and is then ready for use.
Digest all the materials, except the camphor and spirit, in a closely covered vessel for a fortnight, at a summer heat; then express and filter the vinaigre produced, and add the camphor previously dissolved in the brandy or spirit.
Reduce thecamphor to powder by rubbing it in a mortar with the addition of an ounce or more of almond oil, then sift it.
When the soap is melted and ready to turn out, add the camphor and rosemary, using the crutch for mixing.
For the same reason, at Mahurrum, camphor and rosewater are always carried with the Tazia to Kraabaallah, although there is not the same occasion for the articles, as will be observed when the burial service is explained.
Camphor and Indian Hemp exert at this period an anodyne influence; to which also, in the case of Indian Hemp, may be added a very curious imitation of Catalepsy.
So also Alcohol and Ether, as well as Camphor and others, are found among Narcotics.
Camphor may be included here: one part is soluble in 1000 parts of water.
Blankets that are in use only occasionally during the summer, should be laid when not wanted, under a mattress in constant use, or in a trunk where there are pieces of camphor gum, or cedar chips.
The camphor comes from it in white fragrant drops, which, when they harden, require but slight purifying to give them the appearance which the camphorwe see in England presents.
Half an ounce of camphor to about six ounces of turpentine will do very well.
Moisten D with a solution of camphor in recently distilled turpentine, and dust the wet surface with finely-ground emery, then gently grind it into its place till it fits properly.
The addition of camphor to the turpentine used for grinding glass is very important.
But when he reached home there was a strong smell of camphor in his mother's room.
Camphor is obtained there, and the island is so large that it can be circumnavigated by a prau only in three months’ time.
The Malay camphor tree (dipterocarpus or Dryabalanops camphora) is confined, so far as known, to a few parts of the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, where it is very abundant.
Gabriella rose slowly to a sitting position, and then stood up while she pushed the camphor away.
Occasionally she paused long enough to hold the camphor to Jane's nose or to lift the quilt from the bottom of the bed and then put it carefully back in the very spot where it had lain before she had touched it.
Miss Polly had put down the watering-pot, and she came presently with a bottle of camphor to the sofa where Gabriella was lying.
I noticed that he looked exceedingly faint, and motioned to his wife, who immediately held some camphor to his nostrils, saying as she did so, that he could take no nourishment.
The sufferer was soon able to take a little camphor and water, and without letting her see me, I returned to the children.
As soon as the paper is removed (without the water being touched by the fingers, it should be understood), the camphor resumes its motions and afterward continues them at all levels.
The camphor moved in all our vessels, of glass or metal, and of every form, at all heights.
Upon pouring water into the lateral tube until the level reaches D, and placing a particle of camphoron its surface, the camphor will be seen to continually move about, even when the liquid has reached the upper edge of the vessel.
But, some one will doubtless say, how do you explain the stoppage in the motions of the camphor on the surface of water contained in vessels that are not perfectly clean?
Wash carefully the middle finger with aqua ammonia, and afterward with plenty of water, and then dip it into a drinking glass in which a fragment of camphor is rapidly moving, and the gyration will not be stopped.
Nothing is more curious than to see the particle of camphor successively ascend and descend the strongly pronounced curves presented by the mercury near the sides of the vessel that contains it.
To what, then, could be due the difference observed between the two levels at which we had, in the first and last place, seen the camphor execute its movements?
The Ejaman then purifies him by a small piece of burning camphor in his mouth.
A meal on a more than usually liberal scale is cooked, and incense and camphor are burnt before the entrance to the house.
After death has set in, a cocoanut is broken, andcamphor burnt.
But Sally protested that she did not need camphor or anything.
She proposed stopping at the apothecary's and getting a littlecamphor or--or something.
Groenvelt prescribed two scruples of camphor in two boluses.
The remedies which were first administered had, no doubt, weakened the inflammation, and the strangury being no longer kept up by the spasmodic state of the urinary apparatus, camphor sufficed to effect a cure.
Burton asserts the value of camphor as an anti-aphrodisiac, and says that when fastened to the parts of generation, or carried in the breeches, it renders the virile member flaccid.
Aniseed camphor is the congealable portion of oil of aniseed, separated from the liquid oil, which it resembles in odour and flavour.
The whole process of refining camphor requires great care and experience to ensure its success.
The first, commonly known as the laurel camphortree of China and Japan, yields the camphor of commerce; the latter, the Sumatra or Borneo camphor, and the peculiar fluid known as liquid camphor.
Eau de Java Anticholerique= is a solution of camphor and carbolic acid in spirit.
They are very convenient for preparing extemporaneous camphor julep or camphor mixture in dispensing.
Camphor or a little corrosive sublimate may be used to preserve herbaria from the ravages of insects.
As the water boils, the camphor is volatilised along with the steam, and condenses on the straw.
A concentrated ethereal tincture of camphor and pellitory.
Camphor is esteemed very precious among the Indians, and is sold dearer than gold, so that I think none of it comes to Christendom.
Footnote 171: This is an error, as camphor is a species of essential oil, grossly sublimed at first from a tree of the laurel family, and afterwards purified by farther processes.
Footnote 165: Perhaps we ought to read in the text camphor of Perneo.
To Drive Cockroaches Away--Powdered gumcamphor will drive cockroaches away if sprinkled about their haunts.
To Clean Mirrors--A little camphor rubbed on a mirror after the dust has been wiped off will brighten it wonderfully.
Lumps of camphor placed about their haunts is another effective method of keeping mice away.
The Malays also work jungle produce, of which the most important are gutta, rattans, agila wood, camphor wood, and the beautiful kamuning wood which is used by the natives for the hilts of their weapons.
Agilawood, the camphor tree, and ebony are also found in smaller quantities.
Take one ounce of borax, half an ounce of camphor powder--these ingredients fine--and dissolve them in one quart of boiling water.
Then apply the following wash and it will make you look younger: Put three drops of ammonia, a little borax, a tablespoonful of bay rum, and a few drops of camphor into warm water and apply to your face.
Then wash with castile soap, and rub into the roots, bay rum, brandy or camphor water.
Two teaspoonfuls of spirits of nitre, one teaspoonful paregoric, one wineglassful of camphor water.
Put a drop of tincture of camphoron a teaspoonful of sugar, mix thoroughly; then add 6 teaspoonfuls of hot water and give a teaspoonful of the mixture every ten minutes.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "camphor" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: alcohol; antiseptic; iodine; oil; resin
