Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 339
eat extent, soluble in cold water,forming what is called British gum; this is largely used I 7 2 CHEMISTRY. for calico printing and other purposes ; if boiled in waterunder great pressure, so that the temperature can be raisedto the same degree, it is also changed into an adhesivesort of gum,… … Plantation of sugar-canes. diastase, which converts the starch into gum and sugar ;the same effect can be produced by heating starch withdiluted sulphuric acid. Gum found in plants is chiefly procured from theMimosa trees, from which it flows in drops, and is calledGum Arabic. There are other…
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