Tripoli

This kind of tripoli has been lately dif - covered in Scotland. ❋ Unknown (1798)

Not only does the treaty of tripoli signed by president madison say that THIS IS NOT A CHRISTIAN NATION, it also states mutually that we are in no way an enemy of islam, and vice versa. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Do you know that Syrian mukhabarat selected `Atallah to lead the pro-Syrian forces that attacked tripoli in the 1980s? ❋ As'ad (2006)

PRIMROSE should try a little tripoli and water upon the surface of the table. ❋ Various (N/A)

On a lap of wood, tripoli would fail to polish hard materials, but would polish amethyst or other quartz gem. ❋ Frank Bertram Wade (N/A)

The polishing may afterwards be completed with a bit of serge or cloth, without tripoli. ❋ Daniel Young (N/A)

In the case of white grounds, instead of the tripoli, fine putty or whiting should be used, but they should be washed over to prevent the danger of damaging the work from any sand or any other gritty matter that may happen to be mixed with them. ❋ William N. Brown (N/A)

Fish and insects, which are frequently found in strata of tripoli, which lie under sulphur beds, induce the belief that lakes formerly existed in Sicily. ❋ Various (N/A)

The burnisher is moved over the work somewhat like a pencil with considerable pressure, and care is taken to make the strokes as uniform in direction as possible; otherwise the surface looks non-uniform, and has to be further polished by tripoli, whitening, etc, before it is presentable. ❋ Richard Threlfall (N/A)

In this case, even if the deposit appears dull, but not gray, it may be easily polished by tripoli and water, using a cork as the polisher. ❋ Richard Threlfall (N/A)

Putty powder, and even common whiting and water, are sometimes used for polishing; but they produce a very inferior effect to tripoli, except in the case of ivory, for which putty and water, used upon a rubber made of a hat, forms the best and quickest polish. ❋ Daniel Young (N/A)

The best method of removing rust and tarnish is to polish the tools on a power buffing wheel on which has been rubbed some tripoli. ❋ William Noyes (N/A)

Thus, when backed by a fairly hard metal even tripoli, although much softer, will polish sapphire. ❋ Frank Bertram Wade (N/A)

Take 2 ozs. of tripoli, reduced to fine powder; put it into an earthen pot or basin, with water to cover it; then take a piece of fine flannel, four times doubled, lay it over a piece of cork or rubber, and proceed to polish your varnish, always wetting it with the tripoli and water. ❋ Daniel Young (N/A)

The polishing of stones, whether cabochon or facetted, is accomplished by the use of very finely powdered abrasives such as corundum powder, tripoli, pumice, putty powder, etc. ❋ Frank Bertram Wade (N/A)

_ -- Calcareous marl; gypsum, etc.; sulphur embedded in calcareous limestone; silicious limestone; tripoli, containing fossils of fish, insects 'eggs, etc. ❋ Various (N/A)

In spite of what is to be found in books as to the ease with which nickel deposits may be polished, I find that the mat surface obtained by plating on an imperfectly polished cathode of iron is by no means easily polished either by fine emery, tripoli, or rouge. ❋ Richard Threlfall (N/A)

The addition of a little tripoli greatly facilitates the cleaning. ❋ William Noyes (N/A)

Or, the powdered tripoli may be mixed up with a little pure oil, and used upon a ball of serge, or of chamois leather, which is better. ❋ Daniel Young (N/A)

They may then be polished on a clean buffer without tripoli. ❋ William Noyes (N/A)

The [capital] of [Libya] is [definitely] Tripoli ❋ Jade N. Ethans (2018)

I Love Tripoli! Tripoli is a great, cute [town] in [Iowa], where I would [love to] visit again! ❋ Cutie (2005)

"where is New Tripoli?" "Out [past] [Slatington]" "There's life [outside] of Slatington?" ❋ 51005 (2011)

"[I live] in Tripoli" "Which Tripoli you [live in]?" ❋ Tamazgha (2017)