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246 Oil of turpentine is obtained by distilling American turpentine, which has been melted and strained with water in an ordinary copper still. The distilled product is colorless, limpid, very fluid and possessed of a very peculiar smell.

The residuum, after the distillation of the oil or spirits of turpentine, is the common resin of trade.