Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
turpentine
A light, volatile essential oil obtained as an exudate from coniferous trees. Turpentine is a mixture of cyclic terpene hydrocarbons. It is used in place of ox-gall in the execution of stormont marbles. (
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