German composition

Section 71. ON PERFUMERY. II.

Reading edition

The common or fixed⁠[1] oils, on the contrary, such as olive⁠[2] or linseed-oil, do not evaporate. This⁠[3] may be easily illustrated, thus: If a piece of writing-paper be touched⁠[4] with a fixed oil or grease, (S. 27, N. 8) it leaves⁠[5] a stain, which⁠[6], upon being held before the fire, will not disappear.

Now⁠[7], if any⁠[8] plant has a peculiar smell or taste, it is⁠[4] generally found that its essential oil is the cause of this (S. 4, N. 5, B). Consequently⁠[9], if we extract this, we really obtain⁠[10] the essence.—Prof. Ascher.

Notes in this chapter

Note 5 · A. To sneer at something, über etwas spotten; B. ‘at it’ = there at, darüber. The English pronouns ‘it’, ‘them’, ‘that’, and ‘those’, depend Note 8 · When a subordinate clause, beginning with one of the conjunctions da, obgleich, weil, and wenn, precedes a principal clause, which is often Note 1 · fest; on the contrary, hingegen. See S. 15, N. 3.Note 2 · as olive or linseed-oil, wie das Oliven- oder Leinsamenöl. When two compound nouns which have the last component in common follow each other Note 3 · Dies läßt sich auf folgende Weise leicht beweisen.Note 4 · Turn the Passive Voice here into the Active Voice by means of the pron. man, as explained in S. 4, N. 4.Note 5 · ‘to leave’, here = to leave behind; it = this.Note 6 · The passage ‘which — disappear’ may be briefly rendered, thus: ‘which does not disappear before the fire’. See S. 32, N. 11.Note 7 · Reverse the order of the first two words in this clause.Note 8 · any = a.Note 9 · Consequently = therefore, also, which place after the subject ‘we’.Note 10 · to obtain, gewinnen; the essence (as a Nom.), der der Pflanze eigentümliche Wohlgeruch.