Within the first 48 hours of this test, approximately 94% of the turpentine and 70% of the mineral spirits had evaporated. Gamsol’s evaporation was slow and steady over the test’s nine-day period. This test was repeated to look at these same three solvents within an 8-hour time period...
Throughout the 1800’s and until the early 1900’s, it was common practice to use laudanum (opium) to raise the spirits or relieve minor pain. Dr. J. Collis Browne’s Chlorodyne was taken like morning tea, and Queen Victoria served her guests Vin Mariani, a popular solution of cocaine...