Quotes About Lac

Un jour, Mme de Staël était dans une barque sur le lac Léman avec Mme Récamier et Benjamin Constant, quand un des rameurs : " ce nuage à l'horizon nous annonce un gros temps." " Dites, Benjamin, fit Mme de Staël, si nous faisions naufrage qui de nous deux sauveriez-vous ?" Et Benjamin Constant à Mme de Staël : "vous, vous savez nager.

Shellac is a hard resinous secretion from the Indian lac beetle. Lac beetles emerge in swarms in parts of India at certain times of the year, and their secretions make varnish that is odorless, nontoxic, brilliantly shiny, and highly resistant to scratches and fading. It doesn't attract dust while wet, and it dries in minutes. Even now, in an age of chemistry, shellac has scores of applications against which synthetic products cannot compete.