CHAPTER XXIII.

_FATS, SOAPS, OILS AND WAXES._

Characteristics of fats and oils -- Chemical constitution -- Nature and production of soaps -- Insoluble soaps -- Distillation of fats -- Solvents of oils -- Drying oils -- Saturated fatty acids -- Non-drying liquid fatty acids -- Less-saturated liquid fatty acids -- Castor oil -- Tallow -- Neatsfoot oil -- Wool fat -- Holden fat -- Distilled wool grease -- Distilled stearine -- Olive oil -- Castor oil -- Turkey-red oil -- Linseed oil -- Boiled oils -- Japan for leather -- Cottonseed oil -- Sesame oil -- Cod oil -- Shark liver oil -- Whale oil -- Seal oil -- Menhaden oil -- Fish oils -- Fish tallow -- Dégras and Sod oil -- Waxes -- Sperm oil -- Beeswax -- Carnauba wax -- Japan wax -- Volatile or essential oils -- Birch oil -- Wintergreen oil -- Mineral oils and waxes -- Vaseline and vaseline oil -- Paraffin wax -- Ozokerit -- Resin oils -- Resin PAGE 350