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2. Blanco (compound) - Wikipedia

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   Blanco was initially developed in the 1880s by the family firm of John Needham Pickering, a Volunteer Force member who believed that the firm (then engaged in producing polishing compounds and rouges for the cutlery industry) could come up with an alternative to the traditional white pipe clay that was being used to whiten Slade Wallace equipment at the time.

3. Venetian ceruse - Wikipedia

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   Venetian ceruse or Venetian white, [2] also known as blanc de céruse de Venise [3] and Spirits of Saturn, [4] was a 16th-century cosmetic used as a skin whitener. It was in great demand and considered the best available at the time, supposedly containing the best quality white lead sourced from Venice , the global merchant capital at the time.

4. List of alchemical substances - Wikipedia

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   Philosophers' wool/nix alba (white snow)/Zinc White – zinc oxide, formed by burning zinc in air, used as a pigment; Plumbago – a mineral, graphite; not discovered in pure form until 1564; Powder of Algaroth – antimony oxychloride, formed by precipitation when a solution of butter of antimony and spirit of salt is poured into water.

5. Soft-paste porcelain - Wikipedia

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   It was composed of white clay containing powdered feldspar, calcium phosphate and wollastonite (CaSiO 3 ), with quartz . [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Other early European soft-paste porcelain, also a frit porcelain, was produced at the Rouen manufactory in 1673, which was known for this reason as "Porcelaine française". [ 12 ]

6. Dry water - Wikipedia

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   Dry water or empty water, a form of "powdered liquid", is an air–water emulsion in which water droplets are surrounded by a silica coating. [1] Dry water consists of 95% liquid water, but the silica coating prevents the water droplets from combining and turning back into a bulk liquid. [2]

7. Polyvinyl acetate - Wikipedia

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   As wood glue, PVAc is known as "white glue" and the yellow as "carpenter's glue". As paper adhesive during paper packaging conversion. In bookbinding and book arts, due to its flexible strong bond and non- acidic nature (unlike many other polymers).

8. Suspicious mail containing white powder sent to election ...

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   The FBI and Postal Service are investigating suspicious mail containing a white powder substance that was sent to election offices in at least 16 states this week, according to an ABC News canvass ...

9. Face powder - Wikipedia

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   Loose face powder in three different shades. Face powder is a cosmetic product applied to the face to serve different functions, typically to beautify the face. Originating from ancient Egypt, [citation needed] face powder has had different social uses across cultures and in modern times, it is typically used to set makeup, brighten the skin and contour the face.