A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. . - 97 - 73 - 16 - 14 The legumes of cupped oak, {figs. 392, 393.) These are exported from the Morea and Levant; the huskcontains abundance of tannin. Catechu, or Terra Japomca, is the inspissated extract of the Acacia catechu. At thetime the sap is most perfectly formed the bark of the plant is taken off, the tree is thenfelled, and the outer part removed; the heart of the tree, which is brown, is cut intopieces and boiled in water; when sufficiently boiled it is
A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. . - 97 - 73 - 16 - 14 The legumes of cupped oak, {figs. 392, 393.) These are exported from the Morea and Levant; the huskcontains abundance of tannin. Catechu, or Terra Japomca, is the inspissated extract of the Acacia catechu. At thetime the sap is most perfectly formed the bark of the plant is taken off, the tree is thenfelled, and the outer part removed; the heart of the tree, which is brown, is cut intopieces and boiled in water; when sufficiently boiled it is placed in the sun, and, subject tovarious manipulations, gradually dried. It is cut into square pieces, and nmeh resembles amass of earth in appearance; indeed, it was once considered to be such, hence the nameTerra Japonica. We give Sir H. Davys analysis; the first numbers represent Bombay, the second Bengalcatechu:— Tannin • - Extractive Mucilage - - 13- Impurities -- 10-- This astringent is also obtained from the Uncaria Gambir. Divinivi is a leguminous plant of the genus Ciesalpiuia, C. s
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