"Carthamin" Quotes from Famous Books
... Dorin.—Extract des Fleurs des Indes.—A round pot containing a porcelain disk, covered with about 6 grammes of a bright red paste, which is a mixture of carthamin or safflower with talc. This rouge, which differs from all the others, is harmless and effectual, but must bear a high profit seeing that the ingredients cost only a few half-pence, while it sells in St. Petersburg at about ... — Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 • Various |