Creswell

The broad margin of a shoe-sole. Cresyl'ic Acid, n. (Chem.) A colorle liquid, po e ing very highly refractive powers, very sparingly soluble in water, either hot or cold, but easily soluble in alcohol, and in ether. It occurs as one of the products in the preparation of carbolic acid, and may be obtained by subjecting that portion of the coal - tar creosote which boils at the temperature between 3920 and 428° to fractional distillation. Form. C14H8O2. Cresylic acid corresponds to Carbolic acid, but is regarded as containing the hypothetical radical cresyle (C14H7) in place of phenyl. The analogy in composition is attended with a resemblance in properties, for cresylic acid has the same antiseptic property is carbolic acid, and is applicable to the same purposes. When acted on by nitric acid, it yields tri nitro cresylic acid (HO.C14H4(NO4)2O), just as carbolic acid gives tri nitro phenic acid (HO.C14H2(NO4)3O0).