The commercial products of the sea; (1883) (20047055663)

Title: The commercial products of the sea;

Identifier: commercialproduc00simm_1 (find matches)

Year: 1883 (1880s)

Authors: Simmonds, P. L. (Peter Lund), 1814-1897

Subjects: Fisheries; Seafood

Publisher: London, Griffith and Farran; New York, E. P. Dutton & co

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Seaweed and its Uses. tute for size and in brewing. It possesses nutritive, emol- lient, and demulcent properties, and may be employed in the form of a decoction or jelly in pulmonary complaints and other cases. Bandoline or fixature, for stiffening the hair and other purposes, is commonly prepared from carrageen. The market supply for England is obtained from Clare and the west coast of Ireland. It used to be sent to the United States, where it is kept on sale by Fig. 25.

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I. Ulva latissima (green sloke). 2. Chondrus crispus (carrageen moss). most druggists. But it was soon found growing in im- measurable abundance along the whole Atlantic coast, from Nova Scotia to Long Island. Comparatively few are aware of its wide and varied use in the arts, or of the thousands of barrels of it employed annually by manufacturers of paper, cloth, felt and straw hats, etc., and by brewers. Carrageen is to be found more or less abundantly all along the North Atlantic

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