Lampblack
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It is squ gland, prey BAND- Coul d the by Petro- and Ashes, W. nga was tow Called The ble the Eusks, ucts atula, It is esem- and oman exte ter, AM- duc cus), imp en the 1.It zes to town mac ton citie twe LAMPMAN and tar, or some of the cheap oily products obtained from it. The supply of air is limited or controlled so as to produce a smoky flame, and the smoke passes into a chamber with some arlarge q rangement for receiving the abundant deposit of soot. A large quantity of lamp-black has been made in the United States by the imperfect combustion of natural gas. Lampblack is a useful pigment for artists both in oil and water color, a coarser kind being employed by house-painters. It is the chief ingredient in Indian ink, and along with boiled linseed oil, forms printing ink. Of it is formed the pigment for the carbon paper used in autotypography. Lampblack is also employed in the preparation of some kinds of leather, and for various other purposes.