SC - SC Eggs Question

[Philip & Susan Troy]

david friedman wrote:
> 
> "Paraffin" in Britain means kerosene. In the U.S. it means a synthetic
> substitue for beeswax, developed (I think) in the 19th century. Entirely
> different things, although both ultimately made out of petroleum (I think).

That's about the size of it.

There's evidently a process in the refining of petroleum called
paraffination, in which whatever is left after removing things like
gasoline (or petrol...heh heh) is divided into a heavy, waxy hydrocarbon
goo and a lighter, somewhat more volatile one. Obviously the resulting
product is known as paraffin. The only question seems to be which of the
two products we're talking about.

Of course there's a whole lot of additional fun and games and
derivatives from petroleum, but for simplicity's sake, I have, uuuhhh, simplified.
 
Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com
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