TINCAL, crude borax.
TINCTORIAL MATTER. One of the most curious and valuable facts
ascertained upon this subject, is, that madder kept in casks, in a warm
place, undergoes a species of fermentation, which, by ripening or rather
deoxidizing the colouring-matter, increases its dyeing power by no less
than from 20 to 50 per cent. See M. H. Schlumberger’s memoir read to the
_Société Industrielle de Mulhausen_, 24 November, 1837.
TINCTURE is a title used by apothecaries to designate alcohol, in a
somewhat dilute state, impregnated with the active principles of either
vegetable or animal substances.
TIN-GLASS, is a name of bismuth.