"Rock salt" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... suggestion, Mr. Beilby. But whalers' bomb guns—which can be easily procured in Sydney—are better still. You can load them with a small charge of powder and crushed rock salt, which won't kill a man, but which will prevent him from doing any mischief for a long time. When I was a boatsteerer some years ago on a New Bedford whaler—the Aaron Burr—we had serious trouble with about thirty Portuguese ...
— John Frewen, South Sea Whaler - 1904 • Louis Becke
... head in a strong solution of rock salt, is said to restore gray hair in some cases. Make the solution two heaping tablespoonfuls of salt to a quart of boiling water, and let it stand until ...
— Our Deportment - Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society • John H. Young |
