Lake
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A very short dictionary entry defining 'lake' as a general term for yellow and red pigments made by combining aluminous earth with the coloring matter of a plant or insect. It lists examples such as carmine, scarlet, madder, yellow, cochineal and lac lakes. The rest of the entry is illegible in the scan.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1853
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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