Talk:Naval stores

Mask?

I can't find any reference to mask in connection with naval stores. Is that supposed to be mastic? DCDuring (talk) 22:28, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch. It is probably Mastic (plant resin). Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 01:28, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Bubba73 'Naval stores' is now not at all limited to shipbuilding now. It refers to the industry that sells products derived from pine oleoresins. Turpentine is an important material in chemical industries. Rosin is an inexpensive material which has lots of mostly obscure uses. 24.164.189.229 (talk) 03:17, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please correct the short description as you see fit. I changed it from what seemed to be a limited use of the term. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 03:34, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Who is Zallen?

After reading "Zallen tells... Zallen describes... Zallen prefers" I was left wondering what or who on earth is Zallen. The preceding text doesn't introduce them, yet they have three paragraphs of "Zallen reports". I realise it references a book but I know vanishingly little about naval stores or pine resin and have left clarification to somebody more learned in the ways of the mythical Zallen who'd prefer it to be spelt camphene. BeardedChimp (talk) 21:10, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]