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Isinglass (/ ˈ aɪ z ɪ ŋ ɡ l æ s,-ɡ l ɑː s / EYE-zing-gla(h)ss) is a form of collagen obtained from the dried swim bladders of fish. The English word origin is from the obsolete Dutch huizenblaas – huizen is a kind of sturgeon , and blaas is a bladder, [ 1 ] or German Hausenblase , meaning essentially the same. [ 2 ]
Muscovite (also known as common mica, isinglass, or potash mica [6]) is a hydrated phyllosilicate mineral of aluminium and potassium with formula KAl 2 (AlSi 3 O 10)(F,OH) 2, or 2 (Al 2 O 3) 3 (SiO 2) 6 (H 2 O). It has a highly perfect basal cleavage yielding remarkably thin laminae (sheets) which are often highly elastic.
Project Isinglass was the code name given to two heavily classified, crewed reconnaissance aircraft studied by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as potential replacements for the Lockheed A-12 and SR-71 during the mid-1960s. [1]
The Isinglass River is a 15-mile-long (24 km) river in Strafford County in southeastern New Hampshire, United States. [1] It rises at Bow Lake in the town of Strafford , but is also fed through its tributaries by Ayer's, Nippo, Round and Long ponds in Barrington .
Isinglass is a material prepared from the air bladders of fish and used for various functions including beer making as a flocculator, to make gelatinous substances, an egg preservative and for parchment conservation. Isinglass may also refer to: Mica, a phyllosilicate mineral of aluminium and potassium. Sheet mica is sometimes used to make ...
Isinglass (1890–1911) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.In a career which lasted from 1892 until 1895 he ran twelve times and won eleven races. He was the best British two-year-old of 1892 and went on to become sixth winner of the English Triple Crown [2] by winning the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, The Derby and the St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster in the following year.
Animal glue in granules. Animal glue is an adhesive that is created by prolonged boiling of animal connective tissue in a process called rendering. [1] In addition to being used as an adhesive, it is used for coating and sizing, in decorative composition ornaments, and as a clarifying agent.
Jamaican Irish Moss drink - in can and over ice. Irish moss (or sea moss) is a Jamaican beverage in which the main ingredient is the marine red algae Gracilaria spp. (itself one of several commonly referred by the name of "Irish moss", purportedly introduced to the island's coast by Irish immigrant laborers [1] [2]), boiled in milk with sugar or honey and various spices added such as vanilla ...