China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary (1812)
Breton, M. (Jean Baptiste Joseph), Freschi, Andrea, b. 1774 · London : Printed for J.J. Stockdale ... · leaf 170
e seenby the Print, clumsily made; they aremanufactured of clay or metal, and aremounted on a stand shaped like a chair.The oil burnt in them is generally ex-tracted from the Tong-Tchou almonds,which are very much like our walnuts.They use the same oil for painting andvarnish. A kind of petroleum,… … ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 137 property of exuding this substance, inthe same manner as ruminating- animalsin their cellular contexture. The tallow-tree, Croton Sebiferum,which prospers only in hot climates,comes from the provinces of Kieng-Si,Kiang-Nan, and Tche-Kiang. It re-sembles the cherry-tree,…
