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In the earlier days, spirits of turpentine was also used as a preserver of wood, and after 1835 was used as a solvent in the rubber industry. Prior to the development of kerosene, camphine (a trade ...

My understanding is that long-leaf pine was preferred over loblolly pine for turpentine production. Is it because longleaf pines produce more sap? Also, what explanation did you once give for why a ...

Why would a tree living in a habitat that catches fire every few years produce turpentine, a highly flammable substance? That question was asked as I was building a fire at home with a piece of fat ...

In Russia, the efficiency of the use of forest resources is growing. One example is the growth in the production of such a by–product of forest management and processing as turpentine. In the first ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - In Florida’s not-so-distant past, before strip malls and subdivisions, an industry thrived here in which rough men did even rougher work in the state’s seemingly limitless ...