pmurf@bellsouth.net
Wed, 21 Apr 1999 06:01:43 -0700
At 03:07 PM 4/20/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Campos & Davis Photos wrote:
>>Sil Horwitz wrote:
>> >>In Britain, "paraffin" is what we Americans (and chemists) call
>> "kerosene."<<
>> I'm not so sure about this as my Mother tells us that liquid paraffin is
>> prescribed by doctors here as an oral remedy for constipation. Perhaps the
>> medical profession knows something we dont!!!
>>
>
>I think someone told me once that what is called "liquid paraffin" in
>Britain is equivalent to what we call mineral oil in the US, which is
>used for the purpose described above. (I searched for it in hardware
>stores for a while before someone suggested I should be looking at the
>pharmacy.) I find mineral oil an ideal substance for oiling paper
>negatives as it doesn't get sticky or rancid or turn yellow as some of
>the vegetable oils do.
>Katharine Thayer
>
Paraffin oil is sold in most stores as candle and lamp oil.
I buy the ultra-pure (they sell various colors). I use it
with olive oil to scour Daguerreotype plates.
Phillip
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