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Definition of Coal-tar creosote
1. Noun. A dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coal-tar Creosote
Literary usage of Coal-tar creosote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"coal-tar creosote, sometimes called creosote oil. contains that portion of the
distillate from coal-tar ... coal-tar creosote contains phenols, cresols, ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1856)
"On the Constitution of coal-tar creosote." By Pro- fessor WILLIAMSON. Communicated by
Dr. SHARPEY, Sec. RS Received June 15, 1854. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Blast furnace creosote, and sometimes even the crude tar from which it is distilled,
is often mixed with coal tar creosote, and several of the tests ..."
4. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1900)
"Coal tar Creosote Oil commonly consists of that portion of coal- tar which ...
Fresh coal-tar creosote oil is greenish yellow and highly fluorescent, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"coal-tar creosote differs considerably in appearance and character ; that known
em ' London make ... coal-tar creosote possesses a strong unpleasant odour, ..."
6. The Preservation of Structural Timber by Howard Frederick Weiss (1916)
"coal-tar creosote is a creosote ... the production of hydrocarbons of the paraffine
series might also be included under the name of coal-tar creosote, ..."
7. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1917)
"The results showed that coal-tar creosote is a stronger antiseptic than water-gas
... The greater value of the coal-tar creosote appears to depend upon the ..."
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