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The Preparation of Plantation Rubber By: Sidney Morgan |
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THE PREPARATION OF PLANTATION
RUBBER
THE PREPARATION
OF
PLANTATION RUBBER BY SIDNEY MORGAN, A.R.C.S. VISITING AGENT FOR ESTATES IN THE EAST; FORMERLY SENIOR SCIENTIFIC OFFICER
AND NOW HONORARY ADVISER TO THE RUBBER GROWERS' ASSOCIATION
IN MALAYA WITH A PREFACE AND A CHAPTER ON VULCANIZATION BY HENRY P. STEVENS, M.A. (OXON.,) PH.D., F.I.C. CONSULTING CHEMIST TO THE RUBBER GROWERS' ASSOCIATION IN LONDON
CONSTABLE & CO. LTD.
LONDON : BOMBAY : SYDNEY
1922
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY
BILLING AND SONS, LTD., GUILDFORD AND ESHER
PREFACE
Mr. Sidney Morgan's work on Plantation Rubber in the East is so well known
that he hardly needs introduction. An earlier book, published in 1914, by the Rubber Growers' Association,
entitled "The Preparation of Plantation Rubber," was well received and
widely read. This book dealt in a very practical manner with problems with
which the industry had to contend. A second edition was subsequently
published. Both editions are now out of print. The present opportunity was
therefore taken to revise the original work, with the result that it has
been enlarged and practically rewritten. The information given is brought
up to date, and covers the whole process of production, commencing with the
planting of the tree, passing on to the collection, coagulation, and curing
of the rubber, and concluding with the packing for export. In the course of
his work for the Association, Mr. Morgan carried out a great deal of
industrial research in rubber production, including lengthy experiments on
tapping, the use of different coagulants and different conditions of
coagulation, and also on varying modes of rolling, drying, and smoking
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