Bath brick or rottenstone may be used for polishing. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
Iron peroxide, 15 parts; Powdered rottenstone, 20 parts; Palm oil, 60 parts; Petrolatum, 4 parts. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
Brass lamps may be cleaned with oil and rottenstone every day when trimmed. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Household Management] Reference
Take a bit of woolen rag, scrape over it some rottenstone, then drop on it a lump of pure olive oil or lard. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Housewife's Counsellor and Friend: Containing Directions in Every Department of Housekeeping. Including the Duties of Wife and Mother] Reference
Tripoli (and rottenstone) are used in polishing powders and scouring soaps as well as for filter blocks and many other purposes. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
Brass-work, or any metal-work not lacquered, is cleaned by a little oil and rottenstone made into a paste, or with fine emery-powder and oil mixed in the same manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Household Management] Reference
If they have become dark and rusty, rub them first with wet brickdust, and then with rottenstone and water; after which, repeat the rubbing with a dry woolen rag and dry rottenstone. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Housewife's Counsellor and Friend: Containing Directions in Every Department of Housekeeping. Including the Duties of Wife and Mother] Reference
It should be kept either in a muslin bag, or wide mouth bottle, over which a piece of muslin is tied -- in fact, both the rottenstone and tripoli should be preserved from the dust in the same manner. From Wordnik.com. [History and Practice of the Art of Photography] Reference
Tripoli and rottenstone are light, porous, siliceous rocks which have resulted from the leaching of calcareous materials from various siliceous limestones or calcareous cherts in the process of weathering. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
He did not brood over a storm, therefore, but continued to consider the subject which had so deeply interested him since he discovered Mulgrum on his knees at the door, with a rag and a saucer of rottenstone in his hands. From Wordnik.com. [On The Blockade] Reference
The metallic parts, when white, should be cleaned by a soft brush and plate-powder; the copper and brass parts burnished with rottenstone-powder and oil, — steel with emery-powder; both made into a paste with a little oil. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Household Management] Reference
The hooded cherry cradle which had rocked the three girls and four boys, counting the wee velvet-scalped Jonathan, against whose coming the cradle had been polished with rottenstone and whale oil until it shone like mahogany. From Wordnik.com. [The Development of Embroidery in America] Reference
A general way the Brass should be cleaned with pulverized rottenstone, mixed into a liquid state with oil of turpentine. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife] Reference
1 part, iron peroxide 15 parts, powdered rottenstone 20 parts, palm oil 60 parts, petrolatum 4 parts. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
Missouri, barite, 273-274 cadmium, 254 lead, 209, 211 silica for refractories, 195 tripoli and rottenstone, 269 zinc, 214, 215, 217-218. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
Oklahoma, asphalt, and bitumen, 152 gypsum, 284 lead, 211 natural gas, 151 petroleum, 132, 133, 135 tripoli and rottenstone, 269 zinc, 215. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
Illinois, clay, 85 coal, 115, 117, 126 fluorspar, 194 limestone, 83 petroleum, 132, 133, 135 pyrite, 109 sand and gravel, 85 tripoli and rottenstone, 269 zinc, 216. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
Great Britain, arsenic, 250 barite, 272 cadmium, 253 cement, 78 chalk, 83 clay, 85 coal, 115-117, 126, 127 fluorspar, 193-194 fuller's earth, 278-279 grindstones and pulpstones, 269 gypsum, 283 iron, 154, 160-161, 163 manganese, 176 salt, 294 tripoli and rottenstone, 269 uranium and radium, 264. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
Germany, arsenic, 250-251 barite, 272-273 bismuth, 252 borax, 275, 277 bromine, 277, 278 cadmium, 253, 254 cement, 87 coal, 115-117, 127, 400-403 copper, 9, 52, 197-198, 206 fluorspar, 194 gypsum, 283 iron, 154, 160-162, 402-403 lead, 54-55, 210-211 lignites, 379, 402 millstones and buhrstones, 269 nitrates, manufactured, 101-102 petroleum, 128 potash, 111-112 salt, 294, 297 silver, 232 tripoli and rottenstone, 269 uranium and radium, 264 zinc, 54-55, 214-215, 216 zirconium, 189. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
In preparing the carriage for use, the whole body should be rubbed over with a clean leather and carefully polished, the iron-work and joints oiled, the plated and brass-work occasionally cleaned, — the one with plate-powder, or with well-washed whiting mixed with sweet oil, and leather kept for the purpose, — the other with rottenstone mixed with a little oil, and applied without too much rubbing, until the paste is removed; but, if rubbed every day with the leather, little more will be required to keep it untarnished. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Household Management] Reference
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