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Identifier: americanaunivers03newy (find matches) Title: The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world Year: 1908 (1900s) Authors: Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries Publisher: New York : Scientific American Compiling Dept. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ifolia, the Indian oil-tree,whose wood resembles teak, and is in use inthe East; B. butyracea, the Indian butter-tree,whose light wood is of no commercial impor-tance : and B. latifolia, the East Indian Mahowa,Mahwa, or Madhuca. Beside the oil obtainedfrom each of these trees, B. butyracea yields anedible fruit, and the corollas of B. latifolia areeither eaten raw or are used for making a liquoror for distilling their essential oil. Butyros-permuiii Parkii, formerly referred to the genusBassia, is the butter-tree of central Africa. Ityields the galam or shea butter, obtained byboiling the seeds, which is locally an importantarticle of commerce. The od is obtained byboiling the kernels of the sun or kiln-driedseeds in water. It possesses long-keeping quali-ties. Various species of the genus Caryocar(q.v.), natives of South America, are knownas butter-trees. Butter-worker, a machine designed tounite the small particles of butter, remove thebuttermilk and water, and incorporate the salt, Text Appearing After Image: I HO QZ< CO _1 (JU tKUJHHDCQ r.r Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.