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'''Ampelite''', in natural history, is a black, [[bituminous]] substance that dissolves in [[oil]]; perhaps [[cannel coal]]. Historically, it was used to blacken eyebrows and hair. |
'''Ampelite''', in natural history, is a black, [[bituminous]] substance that dissolves in [[oil]]; perhaps [[cannel coal]]. Historically, it was used to blacken eyebrows and hair. |
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The name comes from Greek ampelos (ἄμπελος) which means vine, since Ampelite was used to kill insects in vineyards. |
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Ampelite, in natural history, is a black, bituminous substance that dissolves in oil; perhaps cannel coal. Historically, it was used to blacken eyebrows and hair. The name comes from Greek ampelos (ἄμπελος) which means vine, since Ampelite was used to kill insects in vineyards.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) It also contains public domain content from the 1751 edition.
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