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acacia alcohol Almond oil ambergris ammonia aromatic balsam benzoic acid bergamot bottles BOUQUET camphor cassie civet cloves COLD CREAM coloring matter compounds curd soap dissolved drachm Eau de Cologne enfleurage Esprit de rose essence essential oil ether Extract of musk Extract of orris Extract of vanilla fatty filter fleur d'orange flowers fragrance French fumers gallon geranium grease gum benzoin hair handkerchief heat incense ingredients jasmine lard maceration manufacture melted mixed mixture mortar myrrh neroli NOSEGAY obtained odor orange-flower Otto of almonds Otto of bergamot Otto of lemon Otto of neroli Otto of rose ounces oxide pastils patchouly perfume perfumery pint plant pomade pomatum potash pound prepared procured by distillation produced quantity Rectified spirit resin rose triple rose-water rosemary santal Santal-wood scenting soap smell soda sold solution Spermaceti substances suet sulphuric acid sweet thyme tincture tion tonquin tubereuse vinegar violet vitivert volatile
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Page 155 - All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Page vii - Piesse's Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odours of Plants : With Instructions for the Manufacture of Perfumes for the Handkerchief, Scented Powders, Odorous Vinegars, Dentifrices, Pomatums, Cosme'tiques, Perfumed Soap, &c. ; and an Appendix on the Colours of Flowers, Artificial Fruit Essences, &c. Second Edition, revised and improved ; with 46 Woodcuts.
Page 164 - According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
Page 27 - And the Lord said unto Moses, " Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum ; these sweet spices with pure frankincense : of each shall there be a like weight : and thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy...
Page 176 - It would be out of place here to enter into the details of the correspondence which followed.
Page 165 - And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning : when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
Page 27 - ... and thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy : and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee : it shall be unto you most holy.
Page 27 - And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
Page 42 - Mark well the flow'ring almonds in the wood : If od'rous blooms the bearing branches load, The glebe will answer to the sylvan reign ; Great heats will follow, and large crops of grain. But, if a wood of leaves o'ershade the tree Such and so barren will thy harvest be : In vain the hind shall vex the threshing-floor For empty chaff
Page 27 - ... where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And...
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| Title | The Art of Perfumery, and the Methods of Obtaining the Odours of Plants: With Instructions for the Manufacture of ... Dentifrices, Pomatums, Cosmetiques, Perfumed Soap, Etc... Making of America |
| Author | George William Septimus Piesse |
| Publisher | Lindsay and Blakiston, 1857 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Feb 2006 |
| Length | 304 pages |
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