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Black Wattle Bark
Tanbark is the bark of certain species of trees, traditionally used for tanning hides into leather. The words "tannin", "tanning", "tan," and " tawny" are derived from the Medieval Latin ''tannare'', "to convert into leather." Bark mills are horse- or oxen-driven or water-powered edge mills and were used in earlier times to shred the tanbark to derive tannins for the leather industry. A "barker" was a person who stripped bark from trees to supply bark mills. Tanbark around the world In Europe, oak is a common source of tanbark. Quercitannic acid is the chief constituent found in oak barks. The bark is taken from young branches and twigs in oak coppices and can be up to 4 mm thick; it is grayish-brown on the outside and brownish-red on the inner surface. In some areas of the United States, such as northern California, "mulch" is often called tanbark, even by manufacturers and distributors. In these areas, the word "mulch" may refer to peat moss or to very fine tanbark. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peeling Hemlock Bark For Tanning
Peel or Peeling may refer to: Places Australia * Peel (Western Australia) * Peel Island, Queensland * Peel, New South Wales * Peel River (New South Wales) Canada * Peel Parish, New Brunswick * Peel, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community in Peel Parish * Peel River (Canada), tributary of the Mackenzie River * Peel Sound, Nunavut * Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario (Peel County until 1973) :* Peel (federal electoral district) :*Peel (provincial electoral district) United Kingdom * Peel Fell, a hill in Kielder Forest * Peel Island, Cumbria * Peels, Northumberland, in Harbottle United States * Peel, Arkansas * Peel, Oregon Elsewhere * Peel, Isle of Man * Peel, Netherlands People Surname * Andrée Peel (1905–2010), member of the French Resistance during the Second World War * Ann Peel (born 1961), Canadian race walker * Arthur Peel (other) * Clifford Peel (1894–1918), Australian World War I pilot * Dwayne Peel (born 1981), Welsh rugby unio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, most populous U.S. state and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 3rd largest by area. It is also the most populated Administrative division, subnational entity in North America and the 34th most populous in the world. The Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous Statistical area (United States), urban regions respectively, with the former having more than 18.7million residents and the latter having over 9.6million. Sacramento, California, Sacramento is the state's capital, while Los Angeles is the List of largest California cities by population, most populous city in the state and the List of United States cities by population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
