Definitionn. a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air
Last update: June 12, 2015
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There is no feasible method at present known of preventing the inclusion of the resin of the latex with the rubber during coagulation, and although the separation of the resin from the solid caoutchouc by means of solvents is possible, it is not practicable or profitable commercially. [Please select]
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| | * Changes made to original text: | | * Table of Contents: | | * "Early collection of latex transport" changed to "Early | | collection of latex--Transport". [Please select]
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Any trees which failed to yield sufficient latex to reach the first mark were registered at zero. [Please select]
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, that the latex _per se_ is manufactured in the leaves and gravitates down the tree. [Please select]
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The iron being exposed, with a minutely roughened surface, each microscopic projection served as a point around which latex coagulated. [Please select]
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Often a touch is sufficient to upset the balance, and latex is lost. [Please select]
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The tapper carried two buckets, one for receiving the latex and the other containing water. [Please select]
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In the matter of selection, therefore, one has to take other standards than that of size; and the issue is narrowed chiefly to a consideration of the yields of latex given by individual trees. [Please select]
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