Confectioners use pyroligneousacid instead of lemon-juice, and there is no objection to it in small quantities.
We may repeat of the pyroligneous and acetic acids, what we have already advanced of the other acids.
Nevertheless, it was proposed about fifteen years ago, to use the pyroligneous acid, as excelling in its properties for preserving animals, and anatomical subjects.
In addition to the above it may be added that both flesh and fish may be preserved by dipping them into, or brushing them over with, pyroligneous acid, and then drying them.
Crude pyroligneousacid (which contains about 1% of the spirit) is subjected to distillation, and the first or more volatile portion which passes over is neutralised with hydrate of lime.
Kreasote is manufactured from wood-tar, in which it is sometimes contained to the amount of 20% to 35%, and from crude pyroligneous acid and pyroxilic oil.
In operating upon pyroligneous acid, if we dissolve effloresced sulphate of soda in it to saturation, at the temperature of 267 deg.
The volatile products principally consist of crude pyroligneous acid and oil of tar.
It is a product of the dry distillation of organic bodies, and is the preservative principle of wood smoke and pyroligneous acid.
Those which sought information concerning a crude coagulant (pyroligneous acid) on estates.
The pyroligneous acid is separated from the tar, and again distilled to obtain the acetic acid present.
Although it is clear that pure acetic acid is beyond the scope of an estate, crude pyroligneous acid has been produced on a varying scale in this country and in Ceylon.
A weak solution of pyroligneous acid may also be obtained by passing smoke through water.
With this provision the crude pyroligneous acid which can be produced on estates, could be employed as a coagulant until such time as the price of glacial acetic acid was so low as to make the production of the crude acid non-profitable.
The pyroligneous acid obtained, is generally clear, after nitration, and of a dark brown colour.
The pyroligneous vinegar is perfectly free from all flavour, save that of the pure acid; therefore, it is a very valuable menstruum for receiving impregnations from various flavouring materials.
The pyroligneous acid, applied in the same way to beef or mutton, gives the fine smoke flavour, and may be kept for a considerable length of time.
The pyroligneous acid seems likely to produce quite a revolution in the process of curing hams, herrings, &c.
Pyroligneous acid is obtained by burning the wood into charcoal in an iron cylinder, and condensing the vapour that arises from it.
The latter method is only practised by the manufacturers ofpyroligneous acid and gunpowder.
Fusel oil gives a whiskey-gin flavour; and in conjunction with creasote or crude pyroligneous acid, a full whiskey flavour.
A tincture of 1 part lupulin, 2 parts pyroligneous acid, and 8 parts spirit of wine.
This troublesome and expensive process may be altogether superseded by the use of pyroligneous acid, applied by means of a painter's brush.
The charcoal from the cylinders of the pyroligneous acid (wood vinegar) works is also called cylinder charcoal, and is that chiefly used for chemical purposes; but it is inferior to that prepared for gunpowder.
When beef is partially salted, and then steeped for a short time in the pyroligneous acid, after being drained and cooked, it has the same flavor as Hamburg beef.
In order to ascertain whether the volatile oil in the pyroligneous acid, or the acid itself, was the agent to prevent putrefaction, Mr. Ramsay dipped haddocks and fresh beef in pure vinegar of specific gravity 1009.
A number of haddocks were cleaned, split, and slightly sprinkled with salt for six hours; then being drained, dipped for about three seconds in pyroligneous acid, and hung in the shade for eight days.
When the disease becomes obstinate, and large, scabby eruptions appear on various parts of the body, take Pyroligneous acid, 2 ounces.
If the feet discharge fetid matter, wash with the following mixture:-- Pyroligneous acid, 2 ounces.
Take one ounce of finely-pulverized charcoal, pour on it one ounce of pyroligneous acid, then add a pint of water.
This may be done by causing the animal to inhale the fumes of pyroligneous acid, and by the internal use of bayberry bark.
The following wash must then be resorted to:-- Pyroligneous acid, a wine-glass.
All sores and foul ulcers may be washed with Pyroligneous acid, 1 ounce.
To prevent the sheep from rubbing themselves, apply Pyroligneous acid, 1 gill.
External ulcerations should be washed twice a day with Pyroligneous acid, 2 ounces.
As a preservative, carry with you and smell occasionally, a handkerchief sprinkled with this mixture; half an ounce of spirits of camphor, half a pint of water, and five ounces of pyroligneous acid.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pyroligneous" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
