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Glossary of terms and companies found in these pages
Fluid Measures
Gallon
Liquid measure, abbreviation Gall.
1 UK Gallon = 1.201 US Gallons = 4.546 Litres
Pint
Liquid measure, abbreviation pt.
1 UK Pint = 1.201 US Pints = 4.546 Litres
Gallon
Liquid measure, abbreviation oz.
1 UK fluid ounce = 0.906 US fluid ounces
= 0.568 Litres
Pails or Pales (sic.)
Another word for a bucket, but does it have a specific volume???.
Weight Measures
Stone
Weight measure, abbreviation st.
1 Stone = 14 pounds = 6.35 kg
Pound
Weight measure, abbreviation lb or lbs.
1 Pound = 16 ounces = 0.453 kg
Ounce
Weight measure, abbreviation oz or ozs.
1 Ounce = 28.35 g (0.028 kg)
Currency
Pound
British currency, abbreviation £.
1 UK Pound = 20 shillings = 240 pennies.
Since 1971 decimal currency has been in use in the UK and 1 UK pound = 100 Pence.
Shilling
British currency, abbreviation s.
1 shilling = 12 pennies. Decimal = £0.05
Penny
British currency, abbreviation d.
2.4 pennies = 1 decimal pence.
Note that the word pence replaced the use of pennies after decimalisation
4/6 or 4s. 6d.
Two different ways of writing
4 shillings and 6 pennies.
£1/4/6 or £1 4s. 6d. or 1l. 4s. 6d.
Three different ways of writing
1 pound 4 shillings and 6 pennies
Company Names
J.K. Archer, Liverpool.
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
Archer Bros & Reid, Liverpool
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
Laing & Barker Edinburgh
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
R. Bryson, Kirkcaldy
c1837 Bookseller, binder and stationer, High Street.
Wm. Bunten & Co. Glasgow
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
Dalgleish & Son, Edinburgh
Machine Cork Manufacturers
Cowan & Drysdale Glasgow
Gum manufacturer? Cowan & Drysdale Agents for Laing & Sons London (Glasgow)
Duncan Southport
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
F. Fink & Co. London
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
R & J. Henderson, Glasgow
John (1782-1867) and Robert. Merchants.
Henderson & Hogg & Co, Glasgow
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
Arthur & Hinshaw
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
J. W & A Kettlewell, London
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
J. Laing Son & Co. London
Downie & McClure, Glasgow
Gum manufacturer and/or timber merchant? No details yet
Rippon Mair & Co. London
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
Morden, London
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
De Pavia (Pava/Paiva?) London
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
Murdoch & Ritchie
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
Steel(s) & Co. Glasgow
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
A.E. Steven & Co. Glasgow
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
A.Steven & Son Glasgow
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
Moffat Stevens Co. Glasgow
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
Walker Gum Co. London
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
Waterson, Edinburgh
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
Woodward
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
H. W. Zimmerman, Liverpool
Gum manufacturer? No details yet
T. or J. Harris
Box manufacturer? No details yet
Cameron & Co. Strong Thomas ?
Box manufacturer? No details yet
Wm. Dow
Box manufacturer? No details yet
D. Gorrie
Box manufacturer? No details yet
Robertson Donaldson
Shipper? No details yet
Gum/Ink Names (Checking the competition?)
GUM
A non-resinous vegetable secretion from various trees or plants that hardens in air. Soluble in water. See Arabic Gum, Senegal Gum.
Arabic Gum
Produced from Acacia (chiefly Acacia Vera and Acacia Arabica in Africa and Southern Asia. Also known as gum acacia. Also used as a food additive.
Australian Gum
Similar to Arabic Gum. Has a reddish color, possibly due to tannin. Also known as Wattle gum. Exuded by the Golden Wattle A. pycnantha Benth., a shrub found in New South Wales, Southern Australia and Victoria.
Barbary Gum (B.G)
Exuded by the Moroccan A. Nilotica, similar to Arabic gum.
Brown Barbary Gum
Browner variant.
Brown Gedda Gum
More coloured variant of Arabic gum from the Mediterranean region.
East India Gum
From a tree of the Orange family that bears the Elephant apple. Also known as Indian gum, lower quality than Arabic gum.
Gedda Gum
Less coloured variant of Arabic gum from the Mediterranean region.
Gedda No.1 best (Gum)
Less coloured variant of Arabic gum from the Mediterranean region.
Hinc (???) Gum
?
Senegal Gum
Similar to gum arabic. Produced by trees Acacia Verek and A. Adansoni in Senegal, West Africa. Also known as Acacia gum.
Stenhouse Gum
Australian Xanthorrhoea resin gum containing cinnamic acid. Stenhouse (1848). Also known as Blackboy Gum
Permanent Blue Fluid (Ink?)
Moncrieff or John Todd Trade Name?
Best Ink Powder
Moncrieff or John Todd Trade Name?
British Ink Powder
Moncrieff or John Todd Trade Name?
A. Ink
Moncrieff or John Todd Trade Name?
B. Ink
Moncrieff or John Todd Trade Name?
Marking Ink Powder
Moncrieff or John Todd Trade Name?
Perth Black Ink Powder
Moncrieff or John Todd Trade Name?
Poudre Anglaise
John Todd French Trade Name.
Chemical/Ingredient Names
Acetic Acid
Gum ingredient. Commonly known in Vinegar and is made by fermentation, it is one of the oldest chemicals in use.
Black Galls
Gum/Ink ingredient
BroBarbary
Gum ingredient. Presumably Brown Barabary?
China Galls
Gum/Ink ingredient. The highest quality gall nuts from China and Japan with a high tannin content.
Copperas
Gum/ink ingredient
Gall Nuts
Growth found on trees and caused by insects. Ball shaped and 1 to 2 cm in diameter.
Gum Siftings
Gum ingredient
Logwood
Gum/Ink ingredient
Myrabolams Extract
Ink/Gum ingredient. A brown water-soluble powder from the fruits of an Asian tree Terminalia Chebula. It is a hydrolyzable (pyrogallic) tannin, astringent, and light fast. Still used in tanning leathers.
Pyroligneous
Gum ingredient. Obtained by dry distillation of wood and composed mostly of Acetic Acid.
Refuse of Ink
Gum ingredient
Stenhouse Gum
Gum ingredient
Sorts
Gum ingredient. Acacia Gum.
Turkey Sorts
Gum ingredient. Best quality variety of Acacia gum found in Sudan and Egypt
Siftings of Senegal
Gum ingredient
Serow
Gum ingredient. Serow is a Tibetan/Asian antelope, could this be from its horns? Nearly extinct due to demand for its horns!
Wild Galls
Gum/Ink ingredient
Ale or Porter
Ink ingredient
Alum
Ink ingredient. A salt, mostly usd in paper to prevent it soaking up ink. Presumably it was used in Ink to reduce the likelihood of it soaking into the paper?
Cloves
Ink ingredient
Cochineal
Ink ingredient. Red dye made from a Mexican insect.
Gall Dust
Ink ingredient
Gum Dust
Ink ingredient
Liverpool Braziel
Ink ingredient. Possibly a mispelling of Brazil... could it refer to the nut or its case? Or is it a gum from the Brazil nut tree?
London Braziel
Ink ingredient
Safran Chips or Dust
Ink ingredient

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Edited by Mary Houston-Lambert

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