This is made into what you call spermaceti candles. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc.] Reference
Candles were also made from spermaceti, which is a substance taken from the head of the sperm whale. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of American Life and Adventure] Reference
They were hunted because of spermaceti, which is this oil-like substance, a liquid which is found in the melon, in this part of the whale's body. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 13, 2007] Reference
It is chiefly taken, however, from the head, not the spawn of the "spermaceti" whale. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
This circumstance, of the occasional conversion of animal matter into a kind of spermaceti, is of late discovery. From Wordnik.com. [Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments] Reference
The lard and spermaceti should be melted together. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
The cachelot has no baleen but it furnishes spermaceti. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
Heat the white wax, the spermaceti and the oil of almonds. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture] Reference
Shave the wax and spermaceti, and melt in a porcelain kettle. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture] Reference
"And we've got a good bit of bone and spermaceti, too," said Captain. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
And people would hunt the whales and extract that stuff, that spermaceti. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 13, 2007] Reference
Take oil of almonds, spermaceti, white wax, and white sugar candy, equal parts. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
Moreover, both spermaceti and beeswax have been used as carriers for medicines. From Wordnik.com. [5 Uses] Reference
Melt together, with a gentle heat, one ounce white wax and two ounces spermaceti. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
= — Four drams oxide bismuth, four drams spermaceti, four ounces pure hog's lard. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
The casting material is one part wax, one part spermaceti, two parts mutton tallow. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
One hard wax, spermaceti, was once used by bakeries as a release agent and lubricant. From Wordnik.com. [5 Uses] Reference
Melt the spermaceti, wax and oil together, and when cooling stir in glycerine and perfume. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
Mix it with a couple of large spoonsful of sweet oil, a piece of spermaceti, of the size of half. From Wordnik.com. [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference
Take of the oil of almonds two ounces, of spermaceti half an ounce, and white wax half an ounce. From Wordnik.com. [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference
Iodine 12 grains, lard or spermaceti ointment half an ounce, makes a capital ointment for bunions. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
Take one ounce of spermaceti and one ounce of white wax; melt and run it into a thin cake on a plate. From Wordnik.com. [The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home] Reference
Melt the soap and spermaceti with the oil in a bath water; add the powder, and mix the whole in a marble mortar. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
Creme de la Violettes: Place in a porcelain kettle one ounce each of white wax and spermaceti, cut in fine shavings. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture] Reference
The oil destroys lice and the itch insect, for which purpose it may be mixed with lard or spermaceti as an ointment. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
The soil contains so much comminuted talc and mica from the adjacent hills that it seems as if mixed with spermaceti. From Wordnik.com. [Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa] Reference
In those times, also, spermaceti was exceedingly scarce, not being used for light, but only as an ointment and medicament. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick; or the Whale] Reference
And so the appellation must at last have come to be bestowed upon the whale from which this spermaceti was really derived. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick; or the Whale] Reference
Five guineas a week, six journeys a year, my own horse and gig, and to travel in the West of England in oil and spermaceti. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Hoggarty Diamond] Reference
Our whale, the first of the school killed by the second mate's boat -- had in its case a tun, or ten barrels, of spermaceti!. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
Two blocks away we try to lose uncomfortable ideas in an atmosphere of spermaceti, hot broadcloth, jockey club and terrapin. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
Melt the white wax, the spermaceti and the oil of almonds, using a porcelain kettle, as tin or iron is injurious to the oils. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture] Reference
To each 100 parts of the compound one-twentieth to one-tenth part of ozokerite and the same quantity of spermaceti are added. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898] Reference
A tallow or spermaceti candle, stirred round in the starch several times, will make it smoother -- strain it through a thick cloth. From Wordnik.com. [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference
For the last-mentioned article, that of sheep and oxen is most used; candles of a better sort are likewise made of wax and spermaceti. From Wordnik.com. [A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.] Reference
Melt the wax and spermaceti; then add the honey, and melt all together, and when hot add the almond oil by degrees, stirring till cold. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
Japan wax is almost entirely saponifiable, while beeswax and spermaceti yield about half their weights to the petroleum spirit or ether. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881] Reference
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