Carbonising tissue: tissue coated with a mixture of wax and pigment for carbon papers.
碳化薄页纸:薄纸上涂上蜡和颜料的混合物,作来制造碳纸。
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The minister of war had his bald head, with grey curls on the temple, held low between two wax candles; he was reading some papers, and marking them with a pencil.