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What does pyroligneous mean?

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  1. Produced from wood by the action of heat, especially by destructive distillation.
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A small portion of pyroligneous acid may be added to the brine.
Hardwood tars are obtained from pyroligneous acid, either as a deposit from the acid or as a residue from the distillation of the acid.
When wood is slowly burned, it gives off acetic and pyroligneous acid, which in combination with water or moisture form creosote.
The Taylor process used a solution of sulphide of calcium in pyroligneous acid.
Crude pyroligneous acid is the condensed, volatile product of wood distillation.
It is a product of the dry distillation of organic bodies, and is the preservative principle of wood smoke and pyroligneous acid.

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