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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A salt of cresylic acid: as, cresylate of sodium.

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  • According to this patent, pelt is treated in separate solutions, one of which is formaldehyde, the other being that of such aromatic compounds or their salts which yield water-soluble condensation products with formaldehyde; for example, pelt is immersed in 2-5 per cent, solution of formaldehyde for a few days, and is subsequently treated with 1-2 per cent neutral or faintly acidified solutions of [Greek: a] - naphthylamine hydrochloride, resorcinol or sodium phenate or cresylate, for several days.

    Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser

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