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Definition of Bleaching earth
1. Noun. An adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bleaching Earth
Literary usage of Bleaching earth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Report on the Bauxite and Fullers' Earth of the Coastal Plain of Georgia by Harold Kurtz Shearer (1917)
"Tests showed it to be a powerful bleaching earth, but it is very light and has
extremely high oil absorption. The analysis is as follows: Analysis of earth ..."
2. The Earth in Relation to the Preservation and Destruction of Contagia: Being by George Vivian Poore (1902)
"Such are the earth of white ant nests, potter's earth, road dust, bleaching earth,
earth taken from under trees, from temple enclosures, from cemeteries, ..."
3. The Practice of Lubrication: An Engineering Treatise on the Origin, Nature by Thomas Christian Thomsen (1920)
"... it through finely powdered bleaching earth, such as Fuller's earth, all the
graphite was retained in the earth, which owing to its absorbing properties ..."
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