Excerpt from Gutta Percha: Its Discovery, History, Remarkable Properties, Vast Utility, and Application to Scientific and Ornamental Purposes, Also Its Economy, and Importance as a Sanatory Agent It is much to be regretted, that the method adopted by the natives of collecting the gum, should be of so wasteful a character. A magnificent tree, probably of several centuries' growth is cut down, the bark stripped off, and the juice collected and poured into a vessel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of ...
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Excerpt from Gutta Percha: Its Discovery, History, Remarkable Properties, Vast Utility, and Application to Scientific and Ornamental Purposes, Also Its Economy, and Importance as a Sanatory Agent It is much to be regretted, that the method adopted by the natives of collecting the gum, should be of so wasteful a character. A magnificent tree, probably of several centuries' growth is cut down, the bark stripped off, and the juice collected and poured into a vessel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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