Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Naphthalene

Online Resource Library

Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | Download

Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Naphthalene


Subjects in this Topic:

(n.) A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C10H8, analogous to benzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain bituminous materials, such as the heavy oil of coal tar. It is the type and basis of a large number of derivatives among organic compounds. Formerly called also naphthaline.