A Text-book of Tanning: A treatise on the conversion of skins into leather, both practical and theoretical.Procter, H. R. (Henry Richardson)
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A Text-book of Tanning: A treatise on the conversion of skins into leather, both practical and theoretical.
Procter, H. R. (Henry Richardson)
Tanning
(3) _African or Gambia Kino._--This is derived from _Pterocarpus
erinaceus_, a native of Tropical West Africa, from Senegambia to
Angola. The juice exudes naturally from fissures in the bark, but more
abundantly from incisions, and soon coagulates to a blood-red and
very brittle mass, known to the Portuguese of Angola as _sangue del
drago_ ("dragon's-blood"). It is practically undistinguishable from
the officinal kind first described, but is not a regular article of
commerce.
(4) _Australian, Botany Bay, or Eucalyptus Kino._--Several species of
_Eucalyptus_ afford astringent extracts, those from the "red," "white,"
or "flooded" gum (_E. rostrata_), the "blood-wood" (_E. corymbosa_),
and _E. citriodora_, being quite suitable for replacing the officinal
kind. It is chiefly obtained by woodcutters, being found in a viscid
state in flattened cavities in the wood, and soon becoming inspissated,
hard, and brittle. Minor quantities are procured in a liquid state by
incising the bark of living trees, forming a treacly fluid yielding 35
per cent. of solid kino on evaporation. It is imported from Australia,
but there are no statistics to show in what quantity.
=Mimosa- or Wattle-bark.=--The bark of numerous species of _Acacia_,
natives of Australia, contains considerable percentages of deep-red
mimo-tannic acid, which forms a hard and heavy tannage if used strong,
though soft upper-leathers may be tanned with it in weak liquors. The
chief kinds are as follows:--The common wattle (_Acacia decurrens_),
including its variety _A. mollissima_, is known also under the names of
green, black, and feathery, but must not be confounded with the silver
wattle (_A. dealbata_), though but doubtfully a distinct species. The
bark is obtainable in vast abundance, and is much used by tanners. The
trees are stripped in September and the 2 or 3 months following, and
the bark, being allowed to dry, is then in a marketable condition. This
tree, which grows in the uplands, affords a larger percentage of tannin
than the silver wattle.
Blackwood or lightwood (_A. melanoxylon_) yields tanners' bark, which,
is inferior, however, to that from _A. decurrens_. The bark of _A.
penninervis_ yields of tannic acid 17·9 per cent., and of gallic acid
3·8 per cent. The bark of the native hickory (_A. suppurosa_) yields of
tannic acid 6·6 per cent., and of gallic acid 1·2 per cent.
The bark of _A. saligna_, of South-Western Australia, is much used
by tanners, as it contains nearly 30 per cent. of mimo-tannin. _A.
harpophylla_, of South Queensland, furnishes a considerable share
of the mercantile wattle-bark for tanning purposes. The bark of _A.
lophantha_ contains only about 8 per cent. of tannin.
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