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Sunday, 24 August 2025

Greenland whale oil described in 1831

Thran, Train oil or Oleum cetaceum. From the Balaena mysticetus, coarse, strong smelling, 27l. to 28l the tons; 1s.4d. the pint.(1)

Note

1. The bowhead whale also called Greenland right whale, Arctic whale and polar whale.

Source

Samuel Frederic Gray. A supplemen to the Pharmacopoeia being a complete dispensatory and manual for medical practitioners and retail druggists. London, 1831. 

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