The commercial dictionary of trade products : manufacturing and technical terms, moneys, weights, and measures of all countries / by P.L. Simmonds.

  • Peter Simmonds
Date:
1892
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Credit: The commercial dictionary of trade products : manufacturing and technical terms, moneys, weights, and measures of all countries / by P.L. Simmonds. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ALU AM A Aln, the Swedish ell, orauncof two rcet; equal to 23$ inches. Alnage, n toll or due paid for measuring cloth. Alnageb, a continental term for an ell mea- sure. . . , , . Axo, a name in the PaciDc islands for hogs lard. * Aloes, a drastic drug oflarge consumption, obtained from the inspissated juice of the leaves of several varieties of the aloe plant In Asia, Africa, and the West Indies; tho drug is, however, usually classed un- der four commercial denominations, So- cotrine, Barbados, Cape, anil Hepatic. Aloe-wood. See Agallochum Wood. Aloja, the Spanish name lor mctheglin, a common sweet beverage. * Aloo, the Persian name for prunes. Alosa, the generic name for the shad fish. See Shad. [wood. Alosna, the Spanish name for worm- Alpaca, the wool of the llama, or goat of Peru and Chile; also a fabric made from a mixture of the silky goat's hair with the harsher fibre of sheep's wool. * Alpahisqua, a kind of honey made in some of the districts of the river Plate by a very small bee. Ali-akgata, a light kind of sandal or shoe, made of rushes (Mierocldoa tenacissima', worn by the Vnlenclnn peasantry. Alphabet, a set of letters or types; the index to a ledger. Alpiste, the Spanish name for canary seed. Alquieke, a Portuguese wino measure, of 2J to 3} gallons, but varying considerably 111 different parts of Portugal and Brazil. Alquifodx, Aquikoux, a continental name for an ore of lead, used in glazing pottery. Alquitiea, a Spanish name for gum traga- conth. Alrota, in Spain a very coarse sort of tow. Alsi, an Indian name for flax. Alta, an Indian uame for cotton steeped in lac dye. Altimeter, a quadrant or instrument for taking altitudes, or measuring heights geometrically. Altin, a Bussian money equal to three copecks, worth about threepence and 3-5ths of a penny sterling. Ai.T.Micni iKiii:. a silver Turkish coin of tho value of 2s. Gd. Altometee, a name for the theodolite, an instrument for measuring heights and dis- tances, [relief. Alto-relievo, sculptured woiks In high Alubo, a Ceylonese name for the wood of the Calyptranlhes jambolana, used for common house buildings. Aluciu, a resin obtalued from Madagascar, believed to be the produco of 1 Vintera aro- malica. Aludel, a name In Ceylon for the wood of tho Artocarpus pubescent, used for boats and buildings; also an earthen vessel without a bottom, used In chemical ope- rations. Alum, an efflorescence found in aluminous rocks and lava, used in medicine, and in various manufactures of leather, paper, dyeing, &c Alum,Factitious, a powerful astringent salt in crystals, a blsulphiilo of alumina and potash, used iu medicine and dyeing; ol which many thousand tons are annually manufactured. Alumina, a kind of earth, which consists of pure clay or argil; in its crystalline form it is the base of corundum, emery, and other hard polishing substances used in the arts; combinations of it yield fuller's earth, pipeclay, ochres, <fcc; a dye for calico-printers is procured from it, and it enters into the manufacture of porcelain. Aluminium, a new metal, on which much ex- perimental research has recently been ex- pended in France, by M. Deville, at the chemical works at Javel. * Alum Meal, the granular alum which oc- curs in the manufacture of salt. Alum Slate, a bituminous slate of a dark colour. Alum Stone, a crystalline rock from which alum was formerly made. Alunite, a hard variety of alum stone, which ill Hungary is used for millstones. Alva, a conserve of quinces, forming an article of commerce in the East. Alva-marina, a commercial name for cer- tain dried sea-weeds used for slutting beds, etc. Alverja, the Spanish name for the common vetcli or tare. Amada, a vernacular name in Bengal for tile root ofCurcuma amada, also known as mango ginger. Amadou, a species of fungus, Polyporusigni- arius, which, after having been beaten with a mallet, and dipped in a solution of sahpetre, forms the spunk or German tinder of commerce: it is also used as a styptic, and made Into razor strops. Amadum, a vernacular name in some parla of India for the castor-oil plant, Ricinus communis. Amalaoa, the Sanscrit name for the Emblic myrobalan, or fruit of the JSmblica offici- nalis. Amaldar, an Indian revenueortaxcollector. Amalgagar, the Hindoo name for a govern- ment revenue officer. Amalgam, a mixture of metals, as of quick- silver with gold or silver, zinc, sulphur, «fcc. An amalgam of tin and mercury forms the coating of gtass for mirrors. Amalgamation, the process of extracting gold and silver from their ores by means of quicksilver or mercury. Aman, an Indian name fur tho winter crop of rice; a blue cotton cloth from the Levant. Amanbluce, a kind of calico made in Franco. Amande. tho French name for almond; amandes cassees being shelled almonds, and amandes en coques, unshellcd. A&ianji, Am.ti. compulsory service exacted from the natives in the East. Amateur, an unprofessional actor, one who works for amusement. Ama-tsja, the Japanese name for the dried leaves of Hydrangea Thunbergii, flgura- Itlvely moaning the tea of heaven. Amazon Stone, a variety of feldspar of n beautiful apple-green colour. B-2