See also:SEPIA (Gr. a iria, cuttlefish)
, a deep See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown pigment obtained from the See also:ink-sacs of various See also:species of cuttlefish (q.v.)
.
To obtain See also:sepia the ink-See also:sac, immediately on the See also:capture of the See also:animal, is extracted from the See also:body and speedily dried to prevent putrefaction
.
The contents are subsequently powdered, dissolved in See also:caustic See also:alkali, and precipitated from the See also:solution by neutralizing with See also:acid
.
The precipitate after washing with See also:water is ready to make up into any See also:form required for use
.
Sepia-See also:bone or cuttle-bone consists of the See also:internal " See also:- SHELL
- SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)
shell " or See also:skeleton of Sepia officinalis and other allied species
.
It is an oblong See also:convex structure from 4 to to in. in length and t to 3 in. in greatest width, consisting internally of a highly porous cellular See also:mass of See also:calcium carbonate with some animal matters covered by a hard thin glassy layer
.
It is used principally as a polishing material and for tooth See also:powder, and also as a moulding material for See also:fine castings in See also:precious metals
.
End of Article: