War and Turpentine (original title in Dutch: Oorlog en Terpentijn) is a 2013 novel by Belgian author Stefan Hertmans, originally published by De Bezige...
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Turpentine (which is also called spirit of turpentine, oil of turpentine, terebenthine, terebenthene, terebinthine and, colloquially, turps) is a fluid...
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Tar Heel (section Revolutionary War)
to produce tar, pitch, and turpentine. The nickname was embraced by Confederate North Carolina soldiers during the Civil War and grew in popularity as...
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worked in the turpentine industry prior to 1900 and continued for generations.: 23 This turpentine still was built in 1936, based on designs and methods from...
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author's "continued creativity, development and overall contribution to fiction on the world stage", and was a recognition of the writer's body of work...
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Camphor (redirect from Turpentine camphor)
African blue basil). Camphor can also be synthetically produced from oil of turpentine. The compound is chiral, existing in two possible enantiomers as shown...
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York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in...
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Canada balsam (redirect from Canada turpentine)
Canada balsam, also called Canada turpentine or balsam of fir, is the oleoresin of the balsam fir tree (Abies balsamea) of boreal North America. The resin...
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Knabb Turpentine was the name used for the pine resin harvesting and turpentine distilling businesses operated in northeast Florida by the Knabb brothers:...
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Novel. Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij, 2013. (Published in English as War and Turpentine.) De bekeerlinge. Novel. Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij, 2016. 1989 – Arkprijs...
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of War and Turpentine by Stefan Hertmans (Harvill Secker) Commended: David Doherty for his translations of The Dutch Maiden by Marente de Moor and You...
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Simon Lenski (section Film and theatre scores)
Performer O, Or The Challenge Of This Show Was To Have Words Ending In O War And Turpentine All The Good The House Of Our Fathers / Mothers Of Invention Probabilities...
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were estimated to be 1,500 residential stills in 1726) and was often flavoured with turpentine to generate resinous woody notes in addition to the juniper...
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Sometimes these ships would use cotton soaked in turpentine as fuel as it gave off little smoke and produced intense heat that resulted in a marked increase...
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Julius C. Tingman (category People of South Carolina in the American Civil War)
State; to compel dealers in turpentine, in Charleston County, to pay the laborers the Charleston market prices for crude turpentine." Tingman was the great-great-grandfather...
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compounds used in building and maintaining wooden sailing ships, a category which includes cordage, mask, turpentine, rosin, pitch and tar. These materials...
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like wine. Oh my gosh! It's turpentine!"[citation needed] The melody has often been used for parodies, such as Bowser and Blue's "Where The Sun Don't...
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Confederate States of America (redirect from Confederacy (American Civil War))
along with tobacco, sugar, and naval stores (such as turpentine). These raw materials were exported to factories in Europe and the Northeast. Planters reinvested...
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Canister shot (category American Civil War artillery)
usually made of tin, often dipped in a lacquer of beeswax diluted with turpentine to prevent corrosion of the metal. Iron was substituted for tin for larger-caliber...
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Terephthalic acid (section Promotors and additives)
used to make clothing and plastic bottles. Several million tons are produced annually. The common name is derived from the turpentine-producing tree Pistacia...
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Jufresa, translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes (Mexico, Oneworld) War and Turpentine by Stefan Hertmans, translated from Dutch by David McKay (Belgium...
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acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. See also the list of acts...
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Camphine (category Terpenes and terpenoids)
19th-century lamp fuel made from purified spirits of turpentine. Generally prepared by distilling turpentine with quicklime, it gave off a brilliant light....
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Petroleum jelly (section Skin and hair care)
dichloromethane, chloroform, benzene, diethyl ether, carbon disulfide and turpentine. Petroleum jelly is slightly soluble in alcohol. It acts as a plasticizer...
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Molotov cocktail (category World War II infantry weapons of the Soviet Union)
Other flammable liquids, such as diesel fuel, methanol, turpentine, jet fuel, acetone, and isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol), have been used in place...
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"Ready for the Fatherland" (Harry Turtledove) "The Tomb" (Jack McDevitt) "Turpentine" (Barry N. Malzberg) "Goddard's People" (Allen Steele) "Manassas, Again"...
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History of chemical warfare (section World War I)
with sulfur, tallow, rosin, turpentine, saltpeter, and/or antimony. Even when fires were not started, the resulting smoke and fumes provided a considerable...
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evidence of widespread abuses in north Florida and found that peonage was standard practice at the Knabb Turpentine camp in Baker County belonging to State Senator...
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American turpentine and naval entrepreneur who, along with Benjamin Grier Collins, founded the Burroughs and Collins company, later known as Burroughs and Chapin...
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2019). "Noncredit course offers fascinating look at little-known World War I history in Wisconsin". University of Wisconsin Madison Continuing Studies...
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