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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 417 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SOOT (0. Eng. sot, cf. Icel. sot, Dan. sod; possibly from root sed, to sit)

SOOT (0. Eng. sot, cf. Icel. sot,
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Dan. sod; possibly from
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ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
root sed, to sit) , the

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black substance produced in the

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PROCESS

process of the

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COMBUSTION (from the Lat. comburere, to burn up)

combustion of

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FUEL (O. Fr. feuaile, popular Lat. focalia, from focus, hearth, fire)

fuel and deposited in finely granulated particles on the interior of chimneys or pipes through which the

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SMOKE (from O. Eng. smeocan, to smoke, reek, cf. Dutch meek, Ger. Schmauch, probably allied to Gr. vol9caiv)

smoke passes .

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SOOT (0. Eng. sot, cf. Icel. sot, Dan. sod; possibly from root sed, to sit)

Soot is a natural nitrogenous manure (q.v.), and its value depends on the

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AMMONIA (NH3)

ammonia salts contained in it .

End of Article: SOOT (0. Eng. sot, cf. Icel. sot, Dan. sod; possibly from root sed, to sit)

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