One other name for coal tar is simply "tar."
Mothballs were invented by the American chemist Dr. E.O. Dann in 1848. He discovered that naphthalene, a compound found in coal tar, could repel insects. Mothballs are commonly used to protect clothes and other items from moth damage.
Highly viscous tar, such as road tar or cold-applied tar, can be hard to pour because it has a thick and sticky consistency that does not flow easily. This type of tar requires additional heating or agitation to make it more fluid and easier to work with.
Sealant, binding material, binder, bond...
No, tar is not a good conductor of electricity. It is an insulator, which means it does not allow electricity to flow through it easily.
the Egyptians invented them out of straw and twine and tar
John Loudon McAdam, a Scottish road building expert, is credited with being the first to build tar surfaced roads. That is why they are called macadam roads.
Augustine Sackett, of the New York Coal Tar Chemical Company and partner Fred Kane invented it around 1890.
Around 1820 John Loudon McAdam invented a way to make roads which became known as macadamisation. When motor vehicles arrived the macadamised roads became very dusty and so they were sprayed with a layer of tar to seal the road surface. This was known as tarmac.
William Perkin Discovers Coal Tar Aniline Dyes 1856
Tar is a noun (the tar) and a verb (to tar).
In maths terms tar tar is another word for calculus
tar mummies are mummies that were preserved in tar
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Tar has no patron saint. There is no patron saint of tar. Of course ther is a paitron saint of Tar. Jack Tar is a name for a sailor. Tar's patron saint is St Elmo
The Ancient Egyptians invented beer.
In Ancient Riome and Greece and elsewhere they haed torches of flaming sticks covered in tar. The modern electric torch was invented after reasonably small and reliable batteries were developed, probably around 1890.