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    Creosote is a category of carbonaceous chemicals formed by the distillation of various tars and pyrolysis of plant-derived material, such as wood, or fossil...
    95 KB (10,395 words) - 20:07, 8 August 2024
  • of plant-derived material. Creosote may also refer to: Creosote bush, a flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae Creosote, Bainbridge Island, Washington...
    747 bytes (140 words) - 21:10, 18 August 2017
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    known primarily by his stage name King Creosote, is an independent singer-songwriter from Fife, Scotland. To date, Anderson has released over forty albums...
    18 KB (1,973 words) - 16:25, 19 August 2024
  • Mr. Creosote is a fictional character who appears in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. He is a monstrously obese and vulgar restaurant patron who is...
    10 KB (1,130 words) - 01:46, 14 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Larrea tridentata
    called creosote bush and greasewood as a plant, chaparral as a medicinal herb, and gobernadora (Spanish for "governess") in Mexico, due to its ability to secure...
    20 KB (2,008 words) - 22:45, 29 June 2024
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    -116.704764 King Clone is thought to be the oldest creosote bush ring in the Mojave Desert. The ring is estimated to be 11,700 years old, making it one...
    4 KB (421 words) - 21:42, 1 September 2024
  • Kashmere Gardens neighborhoods has exposed residents to cancer-causing soil contamination. Creosote and its extenders were used in wood preservation processes...
    42 KB (4,405 words) - 20:57, 4 September 2024
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    Predominant plants of the Mojave Desert include all-scale (Atriplex polycarpa), creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), brittlebush (Encelia farinosa), desert holly...
    49 KB (3,585 words) - 22:40, 10 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for American Creosote Works (Pensacola Plant)
    The American Creosote Works Superfund site is an inactive wood-treating facility in Pensacola, Florida. The 18-acre site is located about 600 yards north...
    4 KB (351 words) - 16:29, 25 July 2024
  • Creosote bush scrub is a North American desert vegetation type (or biome) of sparsely but evenly spaced desert plants dominated by creosote bush (Larrea...
    1 KB (170 words) - 16:25, 20 April 2024
  • The Federal Creosote Superfund site is a 50-acre (20 ha) property located in Manville, New Jersey. It was used as a wood treatment facility. Starting in...
    6 KB (750 words) - 20:08, 13 January 2023
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    antidiarrhoeal), whose main active ingredient is "wood creosote" (also wood-tar creosote, or beechwood creosote). The name is nominally a registered trademark...
    29 KB (3,451 words) - 18:33, 27 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Creosote gall midge
    Creosote gall midges are a species of gall-inducing flies in the Asphondylia auripila group (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). This group consists of 15 closely...
    3 KB (362 words) - 08:34, 18 August 2023
  • the album combines Creosote's songs with field recordings by Hopkins. Upon release, Creosote stated: "I really don't know what to do next, because, in...
    11 KB (789 words) - 20:05, 4 August 2024
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    a Milk Sea with Brian Eno and Leo Abrahams and Diamond Mine with King Creosote both reached no. 82 on the UK Albums Chart. Both of his albums Diamond...
    37 KB (3,228 words) - 17:23, 6 September 2024
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    inspects then clears soot and creosote from chimneys. The chimney uses the pressure difference caused by a hot column of gas to create a draught and draw...
    34 KB (4,527 words) - 12:19, 7 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pacific Creosoting Company
    Pacific Creosoting Company was a company founded on Bainbridge Island that treated logs with creosote as a preservative. It began operations as The Perfection...
    22 KB (2,472 words) - 23:28, 16 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of Sapindales of Montana
    8 members of the Creosote Bush, Maple and Sumac order: Sapindales found in Montana. Some of these species are exotics (not native to Montana). Family:...
    2 KB (161 words) - 17:27, 21 March 2022
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    temperatures due to high moisture content in the wood and low flue temperatures due to lack of insulation led to high levels of creosote accumulation. Burning...
    35 KB (4,933 words) - 23:29, 19 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chihuahuan Desert
    due to grazing. Many native grasses and other species have become dominated by woody native plants, including creosote bush and mesquite, due to overgrazing...
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