animal oil
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The other kind of animal oil is extracted by distillation from the flesh, the tendons, the bones, and horns, &c. of animals.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph
All vegetable and animal oil which has been "bleached" by exposure to the light is more liable to decomposition on exposure to air than that which is unbleached.
From Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology by Lewis, William T.
The lamp consists of a crescent-shaped stone with a concavity, in which there is animal oil and a line of crushed moss as a wick.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.
Chabert was a veterinary surgeon of Alfort, who used the animal oil of Dippel in many diseases of animals, as well as those of men.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
The accumulations of viscid wax may be softened by dropping some animal oil into the ear, and then removing it by ejecting warm soap suds a few hours subsequent to the use of the oil.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin
