Asphaltum

"Asphaltum," _Penny Cyclopædia_.)] [Footnote 267: The Cohors was the tenth part of a Roman Legion.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume II 46-120? Plutarch 1839

Asphaltum seeps out naturally around here and you always have to check your feet for tar when you come home from the beach.

Random Beach Art 2006

Asphaltum seeps out naturally around here and you always have to check your feet for tar when you come home from the beach.

Archive 2006-03-01 2006

Asphaltum -- which is a black, solid substance, used in making varnishes, covering roofs, and covering over vaults.

The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 Various

A preparation for the use of water-colour artists is employed under the name of _Liquid Asphaltum_.

Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field

Asphaltum, for instance, besides that it is a changeable and never thoroughly drying pigment, _is too transparent_ for depth.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Various

Asphaltum may be used as a permanent brown in water, for which purpose the native is superior to the artificial.

Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field

It is common to call the solution in turpentine _Asphaltum_, and the mixture with drying-oil _Bitumen_: the latter is likewise known as

Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field

Asphaltum 5 parts. and melt together over a bunsen flame, stirring with an iron rod until solution is complete.

The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.

They earnestly believe that all wicked sea-officers, more especially commodores and captains, are at death (and, in some cases, before death) transformed into tortoises; thenceforth dwelling upon these hot aridities, sole solitary lords of Asphaltum.

The Piazza Tales Herman Melville 1855