| 单词 | caoutchouc |
| 例句 | In the 1700s, a French explorer brought the name "caoutchouc" from a local language: it meant "weeping wood". The horrific consequences of rubber's toxic past 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z But they seem to forget, that there is no measure of limitation, for a miracle; and that the salt might have been purposely designed, like caoutchouc, to resist the action of water. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Since then caoutchouc has become one of our great materials of manufacture, applied, not only to clothing, but to useful articles of every description. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z It is therefore isomeric with the hydrocarbon of caoutchouc and with that of oil of turpentine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z It would not have been strange if he had arrived that same night from Madagascar or Java, after enriching himself in a caoutchouc expedition. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z The correct name of the material now is caoutchouc, though its common name is India-rubber or simply rubber. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z We were a semi-scientific group, looking for orchids and caoutchouc and various other things which could be transported down the Amazon and turned into good dollars at any port on the Atlantic coast. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z The process of inserting white hairs is called in the trade “pointing, “and is either done by stitching them in with a needle or by adhesive caoutchouc. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z When the cup becomes full, its contents is emptied into a large common receptacle, where it is allowed to partially harden, and in which form it is called caoutchouc. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z This was as far as the art had advanced in caoutchouc, or rubber, in the eighteenth century. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z But it was not until two centuries later that caoutchouc began to attract general attention. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z "C-a-o-u-t-c-h-o-u-c caoutchouc," and he marched up head with a smile that showed gladness for himself, and love for those in the class at the head of which he now stood. Charlie Newcomer 2011-07-16T02:00:21.927Z The bulb is never blown by the breath, but by an elastic caoutchouc ball containing air, so that the introduction of moisture is avoided. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z In most members of the genera the milky juice contains caoutchouc. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The forests yield cinchona bark, caoutchouc, sarsaparilla, and vegetable ivory. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z In Hevea, Manihot and others the latex yields caoutchouc. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The caoutchouc is collected in the simplest way, which affords a regular business to many Amazonians, chiefly native Indians, who dispose of it to the Portuguese or Brazilian traders. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z The thermometer is then passed down into the inner cylinder, and held securely from the top by means of a piece of caoutchouc. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z The tough, adhesive mixture of caoutchouc, oil, and turpentine turned out well. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z Such observations show how differently constituted a glacier is from a stream of lava in a "pasty condition," or of treacle, honey, tar, or melted caoutchouc, to all which it has been compared. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. It is also formed in the destructive distillation of many substances, as wood, coal, caoutchouc, bones, resin and the fixed oils. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Guided by the Mundurucú, the swimmers entered the water arcade before described, and proceeded on to the tree that had furnished the caoutchouc for their swimming-belts. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z It consists essentially of a fan-shaped plate of hardened caoutchouc, which is bent to a greater or less degree by strings, and is very sensitive to sound-waves. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis It was like a double waistcoat, made of linen prepared with a solution of india rubber, the seams being likewise coated with caoutchouc, and the whole rendered perfectly air-tight. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z If we dip a spoon into treacle, honey, or tar, we can draw the substance out into filaments, and the same may be done with melted caoutchouc or lava. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. The plants yield a milky juice, which is generally poisonous; several yield caoutchouc, and a few edible fruits. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The collectors have already provided themselves with moulds of many kinds, according to the shape they wish the caoutchouc to assume, such as shoes, round balls, bottles with long necks, and the like. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z Unfortunately, there has not been until now the slightest attempt made to cultivate this useful tree; and all the caoutchouc exported from Pará is still obtained from the original seringa groves. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 "Now for the caoutchouc tree," said I; "now for the waterproof boots and leggings to keep your feet dry, Ernest." The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z Carbon bisulphide is used as a solvent for caoutchouc, for extracting essential oils, as a germicide, and as an insecticide. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" He is always using 'square' instead of 'place,' 'le macadam' instead of 'le pavé,' 'un caoutchouc' when he means a waterproof overcoat. A Short History of French Literature Besides making the new belts, therefore, Munday had mended the old ones, giving all the shells an additional coating of caoutchouc, and strengthening the sipos that attached them to one another. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z Near the Praia de Tamanduá we acquainted ourselves with all the particulars respecting the collection and preparation of the caoutchouc at the cottage of a Bolivian seringueiro, Don Domingo Leigue. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 Fritz and Jack were therefore dispatched to collect some fresh caoutchouc from the trees, and as this involved a good gallop on Storm and Lightfoot, they, nothing loth, set off. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z Nux vomica, gamboge, caoutchouc, cardamoms, teak and other valuable woods and gums are among the natural products. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" They accordingly proceeded to dig a canoe out of a caoutchouc tree, furnished themselves with paddles, a frying-pan, blankets, some crackers, sugar, salt, tea, and powder, and embarked. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 The tree into whose top the swimmers had ascended was, as Richard had rightly stated, that from which the caoutchouc, or India-rubber, is obtained. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z Thus he puts layer upon layer, until at last the caoutchouc on both sides of the wood has reached about an inch in thickness, when he thinks the “plancha” ready. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 I dried them, broke out the clay, secured with nails a strip of buffalo hide to the soles, brushed that over with caoutchouc, and I had a pair of comfortable, durable, respectable-looking waterproof boots. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z Metallic bases were used exclusively as supports for artificial dentures until in 1855-1856 Charles Goodyear, jun., patented in England a process for constructing a denture upon vulcanized caoutchouc as a base. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" These philosophers did not confine their attention to the one great object of their pursuit, but among other interesting discoveries made themselves acquainted with that peculiar substance--caoutchouc. Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements There are numerous other trees, both in the Old and New World, most of them belonging to the famed family of the figs, which in some degree afford the caoutchouc of commerce. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z Could a hollow catheter of elastic gum, caoutchouc, be introduced into the œsophagus by the mouth or nostril, and liquid nourishment be thus conveyed into the stomach? Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life India-rubber," I replied, "or, more properly, caoutchouc, is a milky, resinous juice which flows from certain trees in considerable quantities when the stem is purposely tapped. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z "What have you got in your mouth, Josselin—chocolate?—barley‑sugar?—caoutchouc?—or an India‑rubber ball?" The Martian The common bottle of India Rubber, therefore, consists of numerous layers of pure caoutchouc, alternating with as many layers of soot. Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements Though chased by the jacaré, and close run too, neither had abandoned his bundle,—tied by sipos around the neck,—and both the bottled caoutchouc and the cordage were now in the sapucaya. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z M. M. The perpetual use of bougies, either of catgut or of caoutchouc. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Thus the elastic gum, or caoutchouc, and some fossile bitumens, when drawn out to a great length, contract themselves by their elasticity, like an animal fibre by stimulus. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes The substance is said to consist of caoutchouc, gum, and mineral oil. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It has since been discovered that caoutchouc may be obtained from another species of tree growing in South America, called jatropha elastica. Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements The same lugubrious deck, the same refracting caoutchoucs, the same most lamentable pleasure trip as that of the other phantom vessel going its different way, and the same heart-broken glances exchanged from deck to deck. Tartarin On The Alps The products are those of tropical Africa, including caoutchouc. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges These common mirrors, you understand, they draw the countenance this way, that way,—" she expressed her meaning in vivid pantomime,—"one thinks one's visage of caoutchouc. Rita The tree furnishes a viscid juice containing caoutchouc, which is used as glue for calking canoes. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture The hue of the caoutchouc of commerce is black in consequence of the method employed in drying it. Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements On one side the boiler was pierced by six rectangular openings 20 cm. in height fitted with thick glass panes in caoutchouc frames, to prevent their becoming fractured by the aerial vibrations resulting from explosions. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 In the rectified state, it has been successfully used in the preparation of lacs for the best kinds of varnish; in lamps it burns as well as olive-oil; and it dissolves caoutchouc completely and speedily. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 His nervousness prevented him from taking regular sleep, and he passed nights curled around a camp-stool, in positions to dislocate an ordinary person's joints and drive the "caoutchouc man" to despair. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War Castilloa elastica.—This is a Mexican tree, which yields a milky juice, forming caoutchouc, but is not collected for commerce except in a limited way. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture The caoutchouc, though originally white, becomes black from the smoke to which it is exposed while drying. In the Wilds of Africa There seemed to be an unlimited supply of caoutchouc; but the natives practised a method of gathering it which had the effect of destroying the vine. The Gorilla Hunters With regard to the Indian rubber tree, the doctor said that it was only one of many trees producing caoutchouc—the Ficus elastica, I believe. My First Voyage to Southern Seas As all the natives on the estate were absent gathering caoutchouc, our operations were conducted with less difficulty than would otherwise have been the case. On the Banks of the Amazon Hevea brasiliensis.—A tree of tropical America growing in damp forests, especially in the Amazon valley, which, together with other trees called siphonia furnish the Para rubber, or American caoutchouc. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture This compound was asserted by its inventor to be a perfect substitute for caoutchouc. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 When great elasticity is desirable, more caoutchouc may be added. Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The maple-tree of North America gives excellent sugar, and certainly the discovery of caoutchouc has added very much to our comfort and convenience. My First Voyage to Southern Seas Subordinate products for exports include cutch dye, caoutchouc or india-rubber, cotton, petroleum and jade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The milky juice of the stem hardens into caoutchouc. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Compounds of coal tar, asphalt, etc., with caoutchouc have been frequently tested, but they can only be used for very inferior goods. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 Accordingly I had made an enormous bag out of cambric muslin, varnished with caoutchouc for protection against the weather. The Literary World Seventh Reader Chemically, most of the Spurges contain caoutchouc, resin, gallic acid, and their particular acrid principle which has not been fully defined. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Tests.—Taste, colour, weight; burns with a green flame; dissolves camphor, guttapercha, and caoutchouc. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology The juice of E. cattimandoo furnishes caoutchouc of a very good quality, which, however, becomes brittle, although soaking in hot water renders it again pliable. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture By its unlikeness to our native combinations of sounds, it makes one think of the West Indies or South America, as do caoutchouc and cacao. Social Life in the Insect World He knew that cotton grew on a shrub, and that caoutchouc exuded from a tree, and admitted the possibility of their natural combination, but thought his deceivers had reference to braces with metal attachments. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life When chopped up and macerated guayule gives a satisfactory quality of caoutchouc in profitable amounts. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries In Peru the caoutchouc is used as a substitute for candles. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. South American rubber plant, from which a great portion of the caoutchouc of commerce is obtained. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture On issuing, it is of a very rich pure white; if good, of the consistence of cream: its excellence is known by the degree of consistence, and by the quantity of caoutchouc it contains. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries We strongly suspect their acquaintance with India-rubber; they seem to us to be a preparation of English rheumatism, having rather more of the catarrh than caoutchouc in their composition. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 12, 1841 There are various other gums found in nature that can for some purposes be substituted for caoutchouc. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries The operator strikes the slabs with a wooden mallet or hammer, the head of which is wrapped with an inch layer of caoutchouc and then with a cover of thick tapir-skin. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians Upon each of these is wound a cable formed of two conductors, insulated with caoutchouc and confined in the same sheath. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 You must be one part grace, one force, one agility, and the rest caoutchouc, Manila hemp, and watch-spring. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 It was built of aluminium steel, able to withstand the impact of a meteorite, and the interior was lined with caoutchouc, which is a non-conductor of heat, as well as air-proof. A Trip to Venus The bark of the tree is so thick that the latex does not run off like caoutchouc when the bark is cut. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries In a few days when the milk had coagulated, forming large patches of caoutchouc, they would return for it. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians When filled, they are then rubbed over with pitch, or what is known as marine glue,—a composition of shellac and caoutchouc. Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir I do wish these reformers had come around sooner, when I was learning to spell phthisic, syzygy, daguerreotype, and caoutchouc. Reveries of a Schoolmaster Its waters are open to all nations, and traders exchange manufactured goods for ivory, palm-oil, coffee and caoutchouc, bees-wax and fruits. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge When Columbus discovered Santo Domingo he found the natives playing with balls made from the gum of the caoutchouc tree. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries Now, guided by the position of the sun, we held a course due west, our ultimate destination being a far-off region where the Chief expected to find large areas covered with fine caoutchouc trees. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians But granting this caoutchouc property, this migratory power, in the Constitution, the inference that it would take Slavery with it is a still more monstrous error than the original premises. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 "We shall find some of those caoutchoucs, and by hundreds, in the neighborhood of the farm." Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen They returned and told their "patron" of their discovery; and by his orders took their caoutchouc overland to the Aripuanan, built a canoe, and ran down with their caoutchouc to Manaos. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The soldiers of Pizarro, when they conquered Inca-Land, adopted the Peruvian custom of smearing caoutchouc over their coats to keep out the rain. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries The Chief had the men out every day making excursions in the neighbourhood to locate the caoutchouc trees. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians The steam is introduced by means of a caoutchouc pipe, and when brought to the boil the pipe is removed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 For reply, her governess read: "'The sap of the young wood and of the leaves is milky and contains a large proportion of caoutchouc.'" Among the Trees at Elmridge They made excursions into the forest for days at a time after caoutchouc. Through the Brazilian Wilderness A French scientist, M. de la Condamine, who went to South America to measure the earth, came back in 1745 with some specimens of caoutchouc from Para as well as quinine from Peru. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries After the ninth day of wearisome journeying, the Chief found signs of numerous caoutchouc trees, indicating a rich district, and it was accordingly decided that tambo No. 9 should be our last. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians The caoutchouc," said I, "is the milky sap which is obtained from certain trees of the Euphorbium kind, by incisions made in the bark. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island "What dark, strange-looking trees!" exclaimed the children while looking at an illustration of caoutchouc trees in Brazil. Among the Trees at Elmridge The balloon is made of long strips of silk, sewn together, and rendered air-tight by means of a coating of caoutchouc. Wonderful Balloon Ascents It is just as easy to write the reaction in the reverse directions, as 2 isoprene→ 1 caoutchouc, but nobody could make it go in that direction. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries By this time the Chief informed us that enough caoutchouc trees had been located to justify our return to the Floresta headquarters with a satisfactory report—of course, excepting the death of poor Brabo. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians I now turned myself to the preparation of the caoutchouc, of which we had found several trees. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Tropical heat is required to form the caoutchouc; for when the tree is cultivated in hothouses, the substance of the sap is quite different. Among the Trees at Elmridge Three feet - six - nine, at least: with a capability of seemingly endless expansion; a slimy tape of living caoutchouc, some eighth of an inch in diameter, a dark chocolate- black, with paler longitudinal lines. Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore The stuff came to be called "caoutchouc," because that was the way the Spaniards of Columbus's time caught the Indian word "cahuchu." Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H I began to make a pair of boots for Fritz, using the skin drawn from the legs of the buffalo we had killed; but I had much more difficulty than with the caoutchouc. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Like the caoutchouc, it is a native of South America; but the sap is a rich fluid that answers for food, like milk. Among the Trees at Elmridge A perforated caoutchouc stopper is fitted into one aparture of the bulb, e, and the tube, g k, fits hermetically to the other. Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 One day in 1839 he happened to drop on the hot stove of the kitchen that he used as a laboratory a mixture of caoutchouc and sulfur. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries No wonder that quinquinas, caoutchouc, and other South American products, had failed to be seen. Dick Sands, the Boy Captain "It is Jack," we exclaimed; and in fact it was he, who was hurrying to meet us with my large cloak and water-proof caoutchouc boots. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Also, the combination of a layer of such composition and one or more layers or strata of leather or caoutchouc, or both, such being for the formation of cue tips, as explained. Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. This latter tube is dilated into a cup at h to receive the caoutchouc stopper, into which the end of the shoot to be experimented upon is properly fixed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 The United States alone raises four-fifths of the corn and uses three-fourths of the caoutchouc of the world. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries From the dissolved caoutchouc, a coating was obtained making garments water-proof. Outline of Universal History The end, T, of the glass tube is connected by caoutchouc tubing with the coal-gas supply, the perforated end dipping into the sulphur. Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 Nor, indeed, did anybody actually caoutchouc, for the national dance of Paranoya contained three hundred and fifteen recognized steps; but everybody tried to. A Man of Means By employing a cylinder filled with mercury instead of the usual caoutchouc tubing small bubbles of air are prevented from entering the gauge along with the mercury. Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 Both of these nations are celebrated among all the tribes of the Orinoco and the Amazon for their employment of caoutchouc in the manufacture of various articles of utility. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Elasticity -- N. elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience, renitency, buoyancy. rubber, India rubber, Indian rubber, latex, caoutchouc, whalebone, gum elastic, baleen, natural rubber; neoprene, synthetic rubber, Buna-S, plastic. flexibility, Young's modulus. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases The black artificial ones of caoutchouc or gutta-percha are unnatural. The Book of Household Management And all because a perfectly respectful admiration for the caoutchouc had led him to occupy a stage-box several nights in succession at the theater where the peerless Maraquita tied herself into knots. A Man of Means It was like a double waistcoat, made of linen prepared with a solution of india rubber, the seams being likewise coated with caoutchouc, and the whole rendered perfectly air- tight. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 The formation of the coagulum of the hevea, or of real caoutchouc, is nevertheless much more rapid in contact with the air. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 But I am inclined to think they had better be done at home, and then you could adjust the length of the caoutchouc visage to suit your artistic convenience. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Nearly every language except English uses in place of the word rubber some form of the native Word "caoutchouc," which means "weeping tree." The Romance of Rubber Since 1905 the one thing for which they had lived, besides the caoutchouc, was to see the monarchy restored and their beloved Alejandro the Thirteenth back on his throne. A Man of Means I dried them, broke out the clay, secured with nails a strip of buffalo hide to the soles, brushed that over with caoutchouc, and I had a pair of comfortable, durable, respectable- looking water-proof boots. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 A vegetable milk becomes nourishing when it is destitute of acrid and narcotic principles; and abounds less in caoutchouc than in caseous matter.* Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 I dried them, broke out the clay, secured with nails a strip of buffalo-hide to the soles, brushed that over with caoutchouc, and I had a pair of comfortable, durable, respectable-looking waterproof boots. Swiss Family Robinson There were here some twenty Indians collecting and working the caoutchouc, an operation which principally takes place during the months of May, June, and July. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Their name for the fluid, he added, was "cachuchu"—caoutchouc, we now write it. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest D. The yellow elastic, fibrous element, the caoutchouc of the animal mechanism, which pulls things back into place, as the India-rubber band shuts the door we have opened. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Advancing to more general considerations, we may regard, with M. Gay-Lussac, the caoutchouc as the oily part—the butter of vegetable milk. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 The tough, adhesive mixture of caoutchouc oil and turpentine turned out well. Swiss Family Robinson In the first place, seven thousand arrobas of caoutchouc, each of about thirty pounds, composed the most precious part of the cargo, for every pound of it was worth from three to four francs. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon He busied himself with great questions: the social problem, moralisation of the poorer classes, pisciculture, caoutchouc, railways, etc. Madame Bovary Luckily I wore a pair of caoutchouc over-shoes, and could move about in perfect silence. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 It is no doubt occasioned by the caoutchouc, which is not yet separated, and which forms one mass with the albumen and the caseum, as the butter and the caseum in animal milk. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Fritz and Jack were therefore dispatched to collect some fresh caoutchouc from the trees, and as this involved a good gallop on Storm and Lightfoot, they nothing loth set off. Swiss Family Robinson Benito, finding a capital opportunity, bought from the Indians all the caoutchouc stored in their cabins, which, by the way, are mostly built on piles. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon This caoutchouc was occasionally called Indian rubber or rubber of twist, and was no doubt one of the numerous fungi. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 I found it, however, altogether too expensive, and was not sure, upon the whole, whether cambric muslin with a coating of gum caoutchouc, was not equally as good. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 In the milk of plants, and in the milky emulsions, matter extremely nourishing, albumen, caseum, and sugar, are found mixed with caoutchouc and with deleterious and caustic principles, such as morphine and hydrocyanic acid.* Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 We quickly cased the sides and deck with seal-skin, making all the seams thoroughly watertight with caoutchouc. Swiss Family Robinson People who leave the scene of an accident with the ambulance have not genuine caoutchouc in the cosmogony of their necks. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million This is a face of bitter herbs, this an emetic, they need no label, And more of the drug-shelf, laudanum, caoutchouc, or hog's-lard. Leaves of Grass The balloon is composed of silk, varnished with the liquid gum caoutchouc. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 These membranes, separated from the rest of the more aqueous liquid, are elastic, almost like caoutchouc; but they undergo, in time, the same phenomena of putrefaction as gelatine. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 It was like a double waistcoat, made of linen prepared with a solution of india-rubber, the seams being likewise coated with caoutchouc, and the whole rendered perfectly airtight. Swiss Family Robinson This caoutchouc, white, and greasy to the touch, is prepared in the East Indies. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 All these incisions conduct the milky juice towards one point, where the vase of clay is placed, in which the caoutchouc is to be deposited. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 These balls exactly resemble the caoutchouc of the shops, but their surface remains in general slightly viscous. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 On comparing the milky juices of the papaw, the cow-tree, and the hevea, there appears a striking analogy between the juices which abound in caseous matter, and those in which caoutchouc prevails. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 A Pomisano Indian, seated by the fire in the hut of the missionary, was employed in reducing the dapicho into black caoutchouc. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 In this forest we at length obtained precise information respecting the pretended fossil caoutchouc, called dapicho by the Indians. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 This use of caoutchouc appeared to us the more worthy notice, as we had been often embarrassed by the want of European corks. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 The bark and alburnum crack; and thus is effected naturally, what the art of man performs for the purpose of collecting the milky juices of the hevea, the castilloa, and the caoutchouc fig-tree. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 This seems to indicate that the caoutchouc, in coagulating, carries with it the caseum, which is perhaps only an altered albumen. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 We have already mentioned that the caoutchouc is the oily part, the butter of all vegetable milk. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Among the American nations, the Omaguas of the Amazon best understand how to manufacture caoutchouc. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 It is, no doubt, a particular modification of caoutchouc that forms this coagulum, this white and glossy skin, that seems as if covered with copal varnish. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Without cultivating trees with a milky sap, a sufficient quantity of caoutchouc might be collected in the missions of the Orinoco alone for the consumption of civilized Europe.* Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 A yellowish-white caoutchouc is now to be found in the shops, which may be easily distinguished from the dapicho, because it is neither dry like cork, nor friable, but extremely elastic, glossy, and soapy. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 |
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