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SEPIA (Gr. a iria, cuttlefish)

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 652 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SCY-SHA
SEPIA (Gr. a iria, cuttlefish) , a deep
brown
  pigment obtained from the ink-sacs of various species of cuttlefish (q.v.). To obtain sepia the ink-sac, immediately on the capture of the animal, is extracted from the
body
  and speedily dried to prevent putrefaction. The contents are subsequently powdered, dissolved in
caustic
 
alkali
 , and precipitated from the solution by neutralizing with acid. The precipitate after washing with water is ready to make up into any form required for use.
Sepia-bone or cuttle-bone consists of the internal " shell " or skeleton of Sepia officinalis and other allied species. It is an oblong
convex
  structure from 4 to to in. in length and t to 3 in. in greatest width, consisting internally of a highly porous cellular
mass
  of
calcium
  carbonate with some animal matters covered by a hard thin glassy layer. It is used principally as a polishing material and for tooth powder, and also as a moulding material for fine castings in
precious
  metals.


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