Z: "Will you also call at the chemist's and get me some naphthaline?"
2
It is said, however, that a Strasbourg physician has found in naphthaline an absolutely trustworthy remedy.
3
There is a smell of naphthaline.
4
This again points to the probability of an odour, although this is contradicted by my experiment with the naphthaline.
5
Some contained naphthaline; others the essential oil of spike-lavender; others petroleum, and others a solution of alkaline sulphur giving off a stench of rotten eggs.
Uso de mothballs em inglês
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They still make them, but most mothballs today are made with dichlorobenzene.