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How to use pyroligneous in a sentence

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Crude pyroligneous acid is the condensed, volatile product of wood distillation.
Hardwood tars are obtained from pyroligneous acid, either as a deposit from the acid or as a residue from the distillation of the acid.
Examples from Classical Literature
We may repeat of the pyroligneous and acetic acids, what we have already advanced of the other acids.
The Taylor process used a solution of sulphide of calcium in pyroligneous acid.
Before reaching the exhaustor, however, they pass through a cooler in which a quantity of tar and pyroligneous acid is collected.
When wood is slowly burned, it gives off acetic and pyroligneous acid, which in combination with water or moisture form creosote.
It is a product of the dry distillation of organic bodies, and is the preservative principle of wood smoke and pyroligneous acid.
The pyroligneous acid obtained, is generally clear, after nitration, and of a dark brown colour.
The latter method is only practised by the manufacturers of pyroligneous acid and gunpowder.
Wood is distilled partly for the sake of the pyroligneous acid and the tar, partly for the charcoal.
A small portion of pyroligneous acid may be added to the brine.
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