(noun.) any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents.
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Marine glue is a cement made by dissolving India rubber in oil of turpentine or coal-naphtha, to which an equal quantity of shellac is added. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
The art of compounding it was concealed at Constantinople with the greatest care, but it appears that naphtha, sulphur and nitre entered into its composition. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
Hence the early chemists made all possible mixtures of pitch, resin, naphtha, sulphur, saltpeter, etc. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
It was discovered some years ago that if the vapor of gasoline or naphtha was mixed with a definite quantity of air, and a light was applied to the mixture, an explosion would result. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.