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GLOUCESTER ISINGLASS & GLUE COMPANY, Gloucester, Massachusetts : 

 Exhibit of Liquid Isinglass, etc. — Continued. 



superior to anything in the market." M. S. Carpenter, M. D., of 

 Mansfield, Massachusetts, says : "I think the isinglass manufact- 

 ured by your company is the best made in this country. I shall 

 continue to use it as long as it is kept up to its present high 

 standard of excellence." 



No. 23. Sample of Spurr's paper veneer put on wood with our liquid glue ; 

 also samples of same from Chas. W. Spurr, of Boston, Massa- 

 chusetts. 



No. 24. Sample of box work where our glue is used for putting on velvet 

 and plush, from Geo. W. Brooks, Boston, Massachusetts. 



No. 25. Cod and Cusk skins made iuto leather. 



No. 26. Pair of shoes (Newport ties) made from Cusk skins. 



No. 27. Samples of George's Hake sounds from which fibrous isinglass is 

 made. They will make liquid isinglass, but it would come 

 very expensive. This quality of sounds are worth 75 cents per 

 pound dry. 



No. 28. Sample of Cod sounds that are used for fibrous isinglass. Liquid 

 isinglass can be made from them. This quality of sounds are 

 worth 17 cents per pound, dry. 



No. 29. Sample of fish glue made from fresh fish heads ; is not as strong as 

 glue made from the skins. 



No. 30. Sample of our liquid glue in bottles, from fish skins, for household 

 use. 



No. 31. Sample of our goods put up in boxes for the trade. 



No. 32. Sample of our mechanics' liquid glue for all kinds of wood work, 

 boots and shoes, paper boxes, &c.,in cans. 



No. 33. Guano manufactured by this company from salt fish and bones, 

 waste that has been removed from the fish, in preparing bone- 

 less fish for the market. Last year there were 3,000 tons of this 

 waste ; it had a market value of $12 per ton. According to an 

 analysis by S. P. Sharpies, United States assayer, this guano con- 

 tains : 



Per cent. 



Phosphoric acid 9. 67 



Equal to bone phosphate 21. 10 



Nitrogen 8. 45 



Equal to ammonia 10. 26 



Moisture 5. 30 



No. 34. Guano from the fish skins, Cod and Cusk. after the glue has been 

 removed. According to an analysis by S. P. Sharpies, United 



States assayer, this guano contains : 



Per cent. 



Phosphoric acid 9. 38 



Equal to bone phosjmate 20. 47 



Nitrogen 8. 12 



Equal to ammonia 9. 86 



Moisture 5. 23 



No. 35. Guano from Pollock skins and scales, after the glue has been re- 

 moved. According to an analysis by S. P. Sharpies, United 



assayer, this guano contains : 



Per cent. 



Phosphoric acid 15. 82 



Equal to bone phosphate 34. 53 



Nitrogen 8. 65 



Equal to ammonia 10. 50 



Moisture 6. 29 



