The dictionary of merchandize, and nomenclature in all languages, for the use of counting houses. Containing the history, places of growth, culture, use, and marks of excellency, of such natural productions as form articles of commerce; with their names in all European languages / By C. H. Kauffman.

  • Kauffman, C. H. (Calvin Henry), 1869-1931.
Date:
1805
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Credit: The dictionary of merchandize, and nomenclature in all languages, for the use of counting houses. Containing the history, places of growth, culture, use, and marks of excellency, of such natural productions as form articles of commerce; with their names in all European languages / By C. H. Kauffman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    their success was augmented by an edict of Pope Alum Pius II. prohibiting the use of foreign Alum.—In the sixteenth century, an Alum manufactory was erected at Alamaron, in the neighborhood of Cartha- gena, where it still continues. Several others were erected in Germany, The preparation of this salt, was not known in Sweden, till the seventeenth cen- tury. The first Alum-work in England, was erected at Giiborough in Yorkshire, in the reign of Oueen Elizabeth. Sir Thomas Chaloner observing the trees tinned with an upusual color, made him suspicious of its being owing to some mineral in the neighborhood. He found out, that the strata abounded with an alumi- nous salt. Upon this, he privately engaged work- men belonging to the Pope’s Alum-works, and in a little time the undertaking succeeded so well, that ^ several more were established; and in later times the proprietors of the British Alum-works went so far, as even to farm those of the Apostolic chamber. The ores from which Alum is prepared for sale, are of two kinds; one containing the Alum already formed, the other only its principles, which then are united by roasting. The former is only to be met with in volcanic counties, and of this kind are the - , principal Italian ores of Alum, particularly that em- ployed at Tolfa near Cincclles, for boiling the Ro- man Alum. The aluminous ore atSolfatara in Italy, consists of old lava, whitened by the phlogisticated vitriolic acid. A variety of aluminous ores are to be met with in different other parts of the world. In Hessia and Bohemia, this salt is obtained from wood impregnated with bitumen. . At Helsingborg in Sca- nia, a turf is found, consisting of the roots of vegeta- bles, mixed with nuts, straw, and leaves, often covered with a thin pyritous cuticle, which when elixated, yields Alum. Even the sulphureous pyrites, is gene- rally mixed with an argillaceous matter, which may be separated by menstrua. In some places, sulphur, C 2 vitriol,