Found a recipe in a leather case which housed an old surveyers tape and
wondered what the resulting mix was for.

The ingredients were:

Brimstone
Train oil
Turpentine.

Anybody know what it is for?

Cheers
Jane

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Jane G       :      j.gillett@higherstert.co.uk            :        S Devon

Thus spake Jane Gillett 
>Found a recipe in a leather case which housed an old surveyers tape and
>wondered what the resulting mix was for.
>
>The ingredients were:
>
>Brimstone
>Train oil
>Turpentine.
>
>Anybody know what it is for?
>
>Cheers
>Jane
>
Possibly a treatment for woodworm. A mixture of rosin, Brimstone and
Train oil (known as "white stuff", to distinguish it from "brown stuff",
i.e. tar and pitch) was used to varnish undersides of ships to stop the
entrance of worm.

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"Jane Gillett"  wrote in message 
news:4fd351c081j.gillett@higherstert.co.uk...
> Found a recipe in a leather case which housed an old surveyers tape and
> wondered what the resulting mix was for.
>
> The ingredients were:
>
> Brimstone
> Train oil
> Turpentine.
>
> Anybody know what it is for?
>

  Mangy dogs

On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:54:26 +0100, Jane Gillett
 wrote:

>The ingredients were:
>
>Brimstone


Sulphur

>Train oil

Whale oil according to google

>Turpentine.

The real stuff for painting.

Sulphur dissolves in turps and the oil might just be a carrier, so I'd
guess a paint on fungicide.

I wondered about it as a fumigant when burned in a wick lamp but think
the turps would make the flame too sooty, not to mention the
carcinogens.

AJH

"AJH"  wrote in message 
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 >
>>Train oil
>
> Whale oil according to google
>

  Why would google have a view on a bit of paper in Gill's cupboard?

On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:21:47 +0100, "Buddenbrooks" 
wrote:

>Mangy dogs 


Yes 

changing the search terms gives:

"Sarcoptic Mange Medicine for dogs & horses
(Happy Jack) Contains 28% Sulphur in a Linseed Oil, Turpentine, Cod
Liver Oil, Lanolin base with Tar Acid Oil. Provides soothing relief
for skin irritations, fungi, falling hair, itching eczema, hot spots,
moist feet and ears, ear mites, pus pimples and severe mange. "

AJH

"AJH"  wrote in message 
news:jp90b4lp3t8b0rb8ufop790krjq25895vd@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:21:47 +0100, "Buddenbrooks" 
> wrote:
 > (Happy Jack) Contains 28% Sulphur in a Linseed Oil, Turpentine, Cod
> Liver Oil, Lanolin base with Tar Acid Oil. Provides soothing relief
> for skin irritations, fungi, falling hair, itching eczema, hot spots,
> moist feet and ears, ear mites, pus pimples and severe mange. "
>

 With a bit of suitable marketting could be sold to every teenager in the 
world

Thus spake Buddenbrooks 
>
>"AJH"  wrote in message
>news:jp90b4lp3t8b0rb8ufop790krjq25895vd@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:21:47 +0100, "Buddenbrooks" 
>> wrote:
> > (Happy Jack) Contains 28% Sulphur in a Linseed Oil, Turpentine, Cod
>> Liver Oil, Lanolin base with Tar Acid Oil. Provides soothing relief
>> for skin irritations, fungi, falling hair, itching eczema, hot spots,
>> moist feet and ears, ear mites, pus pimples and severe mange. "
>>
>
> With a bit of suitable marketting could be sold to every teenager in the
>world
>
Why sell it cheap? It probably is being sold already under some fancy
brand name.

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Thus spake Buddenbrooks 
>
>"AJH"  wrote in message
>news:dg40b453d5po13c3st6jq62c9dntf2hvoe@4ax.com...
> >
>>>Train oil
>>
>> Whale oil according to google
>>
>
>  Why would google have a view on a bit of paper in Gill's cupboard?
>
Aspirations to omniscience.

Regards

-- 
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