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asphaltum [a′sfȯl·təm] (materials) Bituminous material in oil of turpentine; used in photomechanical work because of its ability to be rendered insoluble in light. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And this ingenious Napoleon paves the streets of his great cities with a smooth, compact composition of asphaltum and sand. Buckingham, "had no reference to your age at the period of interment (I am willing to grant, in fact, that you are still a young man), and my illusion was to the immensity of time during which, by your own showing, you must have been done up in asphaltum. Whatever lay within the second compartment was not visible, for a cover lay over it and appeared to be sealed in place by asphaltum. |
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