. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. rshy situations in the >*. parts ot&.America, principally in the U. Slates ot Colombiaand Venezuela, and in some parts of the WestIndies. It is used both for dyeing and tanning,but chiefly for the latter purpose. 1 he poil isfrom •> to 3 inches in length by J inch m breadth,and when in perfection is of a rich brovyn contains a few small seeds, but the oijly va ua-ble poriion is a resinous matter of a bright yelltjwcolor, easily pulverized, which lies betwixt theouter skin and the husk that enclos
. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. rshy situations in the >*. parts ot&.America, principally in the U. Slates ot Colombiaand Venezuela, and in some parts of the WestIndies. It is used both for dyeing and tanning,but chiefly for the latter purpose. 1 he poil isfrom •> to 3 inches in length by J inch m breadth,and when in perfection is of a rich brovyn contains a few small seeds, but the oijly va ua-ble poriion is a resinous matter of a bright yelltjwcolor, easily pulverized, which lies betwixt theouter skin and the husk that encloses the contains a large quantity of tanmn. V- isused by dyers, not for the coloring principle whichit contains, but for its strong astringent qualitiesas a mordant. For this purpose it is at presentused to some extent instead of sumac, which isscarce and dear. In tanning it accelerates theprocess, and imparts to the leather a clean andhealUiy appearance. Imp- free. Diving The art of L>. to considerable depthsunder water to bring up pearls, corals, and sponges,. Fig —StciiON OF Divi> been practised in the Indian seas from veryearly times. It is obvious, however that, i^othaving the aid of any artificial appliances forsupplying air, the powers of early divers, both asregards the depth to which they t^^ould descendand the length of time they could remain sub-merged, were comparatively limited. At an eariy DIVING 281 DIVING period, therefore, tlie attention of pliilosophcrs andmechanics was turned to tlie discovery of a con-trivance for aiding the diver in prosecnting \mdaring hut usi-fnl calling, which was rendered allthe more important from its beinj^ no longer con-fined to the acquisition of Eastern luxuries, but tothe raising of treasure from sunken vessels. It isnot considered expedient to occupy space by ref-erence to the feats of the early or modern divers,but rather to pass at once to the description ofthe D. apparatus of modern times
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