ALUM AND ALUMINIUM 



ALUM 



AND ALUMINIUM 



unit it* effect an a t'.-bniu-e i* not. liiwtinn (I'lturmacog. Ind., ii., :w>). Thu 



TIMIII i:. \\liirli i- ii"i ilur.ihl.- I. nl ,-.i-il\ \\orUi-.l. i- u-,-,| |,,r l.ox.-s, 1 urnit un-, 



rotthiH, etc., for hhwkboar.l-i (<lu*t<><l with Hand) in Burma., whi-mto Timber. 

 no S-/M/<-<, and, according ti> 11 coiTeMpomli-nt "I '/'// . | ,///'< iillnml Ittilietin 

 N'/rn/V.i inn! l''l-nitl Mn/m/ Stati-* (I!MC{, ii., 1 14), t ho young wood is 



om|>lo\c.l in liornoo us .i sub.stitiil.- lr ,-ork in hot I ! -.1 opporn (HOO Qutta- 



percha, p. t'-7). 



., 78-80. 

 Storax. 



K.-sin. 



ALTINGIA EXCELS A, \oronlm ; Fl. Br. Ind., ii., 429 ; Gamble, D.E.P., 

 Mnn. ////. TimlM., :'.:!L'; Bran.lis, 1ml. Trees, 302; HAMAMKLIOACK.-K. i., 200 1 

 Burmese storax. rusamala, sildras, jutili, nantayok, etc. A lofty deciduous 

 aromatic tire of Assiiiu and Burma, Yunnan, Java, etc. 



This, like ihr closely allied i i,,,,i,in ,!, r oi-irnluiltt, Mill., of Asia Minor 

 (the l.ii|iii<l Stortu-), yields u fragrant huUuiii, known as nan-ta-yok in Biirinu, 

 which is us,d in that country as a porfiiino, inconso and inodicino. '1'hc trim )'-rfume. 

 Si'"i:\\ (xtyi-iijr riciitwiii) is imported into Bombay, and is used all over 

 Indi.-i as a Mi:ni('lNK hotll hy t he M ithammadaiis and Hindus. 'I'll.- l'.ii!-iin>s 

 article to all intents and purposes is ident ieal with the rammuila of Java, and is 

 littl" if at all inferior to the rosin of Asia Minor. Hooper (Agri. Leilj.. I '.Ml I. 

 No. U) reviews all available int'ormatio ..... i this subject, and concludes by sav- 

 ing that his -.hcmical in\->st i^at ions confirm those of Prof. A. Tschirch and 

 Dr. I,, van It allie vi/.. t hat while the Burmese storax (like the rasamala) differs 

 in some respects from the true art icle, it mi^ht be pushed in trade as a good sub- 

 stitutc. \('f. I'linnniK-o,). Ind., i., 593-8; Archiv. der Pharm., Sept. 1901, _':{!, 

 fill 7 ; Journ. Chem. Soc. Indust., xx., 1122; Hooper, Re.pt. Labor. Ind. Mus., 

 I!'(H>-1, 18; 1904-5, 24-5.] 



ALUM and ALUMINIUM-ORE; Itttuj-lte, Ltifei'ite, etc.; 

 Holland. / ( Vr. Min. Prod. Ind., in Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind., 1905, xxxii., 

 \n : Ol.lhiim, Man. Econ. Geol. Ind., 303, 352; Ball, Man. Econ. Geol. 

 In//.. 431-5 ; Journ. Soc. Arts, 1903-4, Hi., 145 ; Brough, Cantor Lect. 

 Alum, jijtitkori, phatkiri, sphatikari, shib, zdk, patakri, kyankchin, etc., is 

 prepared from alum-shale in several localities of Bihar, Kach and the 

 Pan jab. It is also found, but not worked, in Upper Burma. 



Alum appears at one time to have been very extensively imported into 

 I ndi.i from ( 'hina, and the price on the Calcutta market in 1809-11 is quoted 

 as :U-6 sicca rupees per maund (Milburn, Or. Comm., 1813, ii., 498), 

 but it is curious that there is no hint of any such trade in the E. India 

 Co.'s records, at the beginning of the 17th century, although we learn that 

 it was then an article of extensive trade with Japan, " for they cannot 

 dye with sapanwood without it" (Foster, E.I.C. Letters, v., 7). The 

 Indian production is very uncertain, probably not amounting in all to more 

 than 1,000 tons yearly. Kalabagh on the banks of the Indus and Kotkil 

 at the mouth of the Chichali pass, produce about 400 tons annually between 

 them (Min. Rev., 1894-7, etc.). Mr. Holland says that the yield in 

 1898 was 750 tons, valued at 3,150, but in 1901 it fell to 98 and in 1902 

 was 112J tons. No returns for 1903 were available. But the Indian 

 alum is not so white as the imported mineral, being discoloured by impuri- 

 t ies. The alum imported into India during the six years 1898-1903 averaged 

 r.'.),-_'i)(; cwt., valued at 3 lakhs of rupees. The actual figures for 1906-7 

 \.cie TL',:^ cwt., Rs. 3,19,407. The principal use is as a mordant in 

 I)VI-:INC, but it is also employed in MEDICINE, photography, etc., and in 

 the purification of vinegar (see p. 1110). 



Recently it has been discovered that many of the rusty-coloured laterite 

 deposits which cover large areas in the Peninsula and Burma are identical 

 with tin- substance known as bauxite, now the chief source of ALUMINIUM. Like 

 the original bauxite of Les Baux, these deposits were originally worked without 



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D.E.P., 

 i., 201 4. 



Alum. 



Imports. 



Mordant In 



Dyeing. 



Medicine. 



Aluminium. 



