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...

Balsam is the resinous exudate (or sap) which forms on certain kinds of trees and shrubs. Balsam (from Latin balsamum "gum of the balsam tree," ultimately...

Abies balsamea or balsam fir is a North American fir, native to most of eastern and central Canada (Newfoundland west to central Alberta) and the northeastern...

products, often known as balsam or balm. Balsam tree may refer to: Abies balsamea, balsam fir, the source of Canada balsam Colophospermum mopane, an African...

(toluene and a polymer of a-pinene, b-pinene, dipentene, b-phellandrene) Canada balsam DPX (Distrene 80 – a commercial polystyrene, a plasticizer e.g. dibutyl...

These prisms are cemented together on their base (traditionally with Canada balsam) to form two right triangle prisms with perpendicular optic axes. Outgoing...

Impatiens glandulifera, Himalayan balsam, is a large annual plant native to the Himalayas. Via human introduction it is now present across much of the...

include ammonium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, camphor, menthol, Canada balsam (Abies balsamea), sodium cyclamate, pine needle oil, and a tincture...

quartz or calcite) cemented together at the hypotenuse (e.g. with Canada balsam). One of the wedges is identical to a conventional Wollaston wedge and...

needed] Examples of plant resins include amber, Balm of Gilead, balsam, Canada balsam, copal from trees of Protium copal and Hymenaea courbaril, dammar...

minerals directly, or comparing a mineral to a reference material such as Canada Balsam or an oil of known refractive index (oil immersion). When permanently...

rule-of-thumb, "jewelweed" is used exclusively for Nearctic species, and balsam is usually applied to tropical species. In the British Isles by far the...

Balsam Lake is a lake in the City of Kawartha Lakes in Central Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin, is one of the lakes of the Kawartha Lakes...

β-Phellandrene has been isolated from the oil of water fennel and Canada balsam oil. The phellandrenes are used in fragrances because of their pleasing...

cut again diagonally, and then rejoined, using a layer of transparent Canada balsam as a glue. Unpolarized light ray enters through the side face of the...

frequently with pitch or bitumen. As a common mounting material along with canada balsam for preparing biological samples for light microscopy. Used in Ayurvedic...

Balsam Creek may refer to: Balsam Creek (Prairie River), a river in Minnesota, United States Balsam Creek, Ontario, a community in Ontario, Canada This...

(1804-1884) who, in 1832, used a gum/isinglass mixture. In the same year, Canada balsam appeared on the scene, and in 1869 Edwin Klebs (1834-1913) reported...

Polysaccharide glues mucilage, agar, algin Tree gums/resins Balsam (fir) resins, such as Canada balsam, Dammar gum, Gum Arabic (also called acacia gum), Mastic...

adhesive with mechanical strength, such as optically transparent epoxy. Canada balsam was traditionally used for this purpose. Some doublets use no adhesive...

river in Kawartha Lakes in Central Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a tributary of Balsam Lake. The river is 18 kilometres (11 mi)...

mount the microscopic photograph on the flat side of the lens using Canada balsam as adhesive. This arrangement enabled the picture to be focused. The...

Richland Balsam is a mountain in the Great Balsam Mountains in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Rising to an elevation of 6,410 feet (1,950 m), it is...

the reaction and produces a smoother, more homogeneous product. Canada balsam and Balsam of Peru are often used to increase flow and improve mixing properties...

Balsam Lake is a village in, and the county seat of Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,009 at the 2010 census. The village is...

Look up Balsam or balsam in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Balsam is a group of plant products derived from various plants. Balsam may also refer to:...

consists of a crystal of calcite which has been split and rejoined with Canada balsam. The crystal is cut such that the o- and e-rays are in orthogonal linear...

adhesives. (Before these synthetic resins, natural ones were used, e.g. Canada balsam.) The thickness of the resin layer is adjusted such that (for a certain...

eucalyptol, and paraldehyde and has a lower refractive index than Canada balsam. Sharma, A., and Sharma, A., Chromosome techniques: theory and practice...

bonded together by Canada balsam. In 1906, he founded the Safety Motor Screen Company to produce and sell his product. In 1927, the Canadian chemists Howard...