Definition of Camphors

1. camphor [n] - See also: camphor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Camphors

camphor dune tansy
camphor ice
camphor liniment
camphor oil
camphor tree
camphoraceous
camphorate
camphorated
camphorated oil
camphorated tincture of opium
camphorates
camphorating
camphoric
camphoric acid
camphoronic acid
camphors (current term)
camphorsulphonic
camphorsulphonic acid
camphorsultam
camphorweed
camphorweeds
camphotamide
camphramine
camphretic acid
campi
campi foreli
campier
campiest
campigliaite
campily

Literary usage of Camphors

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of organic chemistry by Arnold Frederick Holleman (1908)
"TERPENES AND camphors. 358. All the terpenes have the empirical composition ... Both the terpenes and camphors, which are nearly related to one another, ..."

2. A Treatise on Pharmacy by Edward Parrish (1884)
"Some of the substances usually t iva t ed of as neutral crystalline principles are classified by the German chemists a.- camphors; of this number ..."

3. An Introduction to practical pharmacy by Edward Parrish (1856)
"camphors. This class of solid crystalline substances has a close relation to ... Some of the essential oils are capable of depositing camphors by exposure ..."

4. A Text-book of Chemistry by Samuel Philip Sadtler, Virgil Coblentz (1900)
"The camphors are oxygenated derivatives. Of their relationship to cymene and the terpenes ... Of the camphors the most important are : Japan Camphor, ..."

5. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"OXIDATION DERIVATIVES OR camphors The hydrocarbons of the various groups which ... Among these latter are the camphors of which common camphor is the most ..."

6. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1891)
"Chinese and Borneo camphors. — Balsams of Peru and Tolu. — The odoriferous resins; why they become fragrant on red-hot charcoal; their use as incense. ..."

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