10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALOES WOOD»
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Aloes wood and how it is collected Another item of their economy is aloes wood
and very good aloes wood comes from Siam. It may be noted that aloes wood is
not produced by a special, distinct tree but is found in the jungle inside the hollow
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A Dictionary of the Bible: Volume I (Part I: A -- Cyrus)
135) argues that this substance is the Aouilaria Ayaltocha, the Lignum Aloes or
Aloes Wood of commerce. This wood was well known to the ancients, and is
described under its Arab, name 'dd in considerable detail by Avicenna (ii. 231), in
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Proceedings of the Conference on Common Property Resource ...
National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Common Property Resource
Management. Aloes Wood Aloes wood is a diseased, fragrant heartwood
produced by trees of the genus Aguilaria, which comprises altogether about l5
species, 5 in ...
National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Common Property Resource Management, 1986
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The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art
A second species of aloes wood, but which is more readily to be found in
commerce than the preceding, is brought to us from India, in short pieces: it is
heavy, of a reddish-brown colour mingled with black lines, and filled with small
holes ...
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The thousand and one nights, commonly called, in England, ...
And after I had sat a while, suddenly some curtains were raised on one side of
the apartment, and lo, maids walked in with candles in their hands, and with
perfuming-vessels containing aloes-wood ; and among them was a damsel like
the ...
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The Thousand and One Nights: Commonly Called, in England, ...
These indications of its position, and the assertion of El-Idreesee (1st Climate, 9th
Section,) and others, that it produces the best kind of aloes- wood, lead me to
conclude that it is the tract called in our maps Tsiampa. Mr. Marsden has shewn (
in ...
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The Museum of Foreign Literature and Science
A second species of aloes wood, but which'is more readily to be found in
commerce than the preceding, is brought to us from India, in short pieces: it is
heavy, of a reddish-brown colour mingled with black lines, and filled with small
holes ...
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A history of the materia medica: containing descriptions of ...
ALOES WOOD. 687 the Fire melts in great Part like Resin, and burns away in a
few Moment* with a bright Flame and perfumed Smell. Its Scent white in the Mass
is very fragrant and agreeable, and its Taste acrid and bitterish, but very aromatic
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The pharmaceutical journal and transactions
In Silhet, the collection of aloes wood is a precarious and tedious business ;
those engaged in it proceed some days' journey into the hilly districts, where they
fell any trees they may find, young or old, and then, on the spot, search them for
the ...
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Book of Duarte Barbosa
In reality they indicate the sect and not the caste of the wearer. Thus Vaishnavas
are distinguished from S'aivas, etc. The ingredients of which the paste is
composed frequently include sandalwood. The aloes-wood alluded to has
nothing to do ...
Duarte Barbosa, Mansel Longworth Dames, 2002
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALOES WOOD»
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Confronting Columbus: Revisionism Versus Reality
... much of spices, of cotton, of mastic gum, also as much of aloes wood, and as many slaves for the navy as their Majesties will wish to demand. «Dissident Voice, Oct 13»
Product Launch - FRANCE/UK: Suntory's Yamazaki Cask Collection
Now blenders and whisky aficionados acclaim the complex Oriental fragrance of aloes wood and cinnamon and sweet, lingering aftertaste of a ... «just-drinks.com, Oct 12»
An interpretive translation of classical Chinese poetry from the Tang …
Once when the Emperor was sitting in the Pavilion of Aloes Wood, he had a sudden stirring of heart, and wanted Li Bai to write a song ... «The Epoch Times, Oct 11»
Roxana Illuminated Perfumes create second Choclat series
A tribute to the mighty Oak with notes of wood, resin, aloes wood and moss. Available in a myriad of forms from clustered samples, individual ... «Basenotes, Feb 10»
