SCIENCE GOSSIP
... 8CIENCE GOSSIP, It is said that by experiment the Zostera inainli, or vwrack, can be made to yield, by treatment with mineral acids, a substance resembling horn, ospable of being manufactured into forms and of receiving col JJr from pigments, This substance is called algin, fro.n aiE e, the generic name of one common specie. of so weed, Vaseline is obtained by distilling off the lighter aul ...