gas-tar

In the 19th century, rivers near coal-fired factories were thick with a sludge called coal-tar or gas-tar, an unfortunate byproduct.

It's Better for Whose Environment? Eric Felten 2010

In "Das Kapital," he wrote, "The most striking instance of the utilization of waste was furnished by the chemical industry ... [which] converts the formerly almost useless gas-tar into aniline colors."

It's Better for Whose Environment? Eric Felten 2010

Yet the language so lovely! like the dyes from gas-tar.

"When I Read Shakespeare" M-mv 2006

Yet the language so lovely! like the dyes from gas-tar.

Archive 2006-05-01 M-mv 2006

-- Dandelions on lawns, etc., may be killed by cutting them down as low as possible, and putting a little gas-tar or a pinch of salt on the wound.

Gardening for the Million Alfred Pink

Syringe the plant all over repeatedly with gas-tar water, or with tobacco or lime-water.

Gardening for the Million Alfred Pink

At the same time, apply gas-tar or coal-tar to the trunk from the roots to a foot or more above the surface of the ground.

Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

Deep cavities caused by rot are cleaned out, disinfected with bordeaux mixture, gas-tar, or other material, and the place filled completely with cement.

The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 1906

Moreover the raw materials on which it depended, namely, gas-tar products, were to be had in greater abundance in England than anywhere else.

Science and Morals and Other Essays Bertram Coghill Alan Windle 1893

He had just taken the degree of Doctor of Science in London University, and was on the eve of abandoning the adopted country of his parents for a position in the research laboratories of the Badische company, where he would be one among a number of chemists, running into hundreds, all engaged in research on gas-tar products.

Science and Morals and Other Essays Bertram Coghill Alan Windle 1893