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asphaltum

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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.
asphaltum
1. Natural asphalt.
2. In painting, asphalt from residues of crude mineral oil.
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And this ingenious Napoleon paves the streets of his great cities with a smooth, compact composition of asphaltum and sand.
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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.
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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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