Explanatory notes
… one of the most important of the drying oils. Linseed oil varies from yellow to brownish in colour and has an acrid … elastic film. The oil is used chiefly in making paints, varnishes, oil cloth, putty, soft soap, printing inks, alkyd … are actually vegetable fats. Myrtle wax, extracted from various kinds of myrtle berries, is presented in the form of …