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• KELP (in M.E. culp or culpe, of unknown origin; the Fr. equivalent is varech)

KELP (in M.E. culp or culpe, of unknown origin; the Fr. See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent is varech)  , the ash produced by the incineration of various kinds of See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-See also:

• WEED, THURLOW (1797—1882)

weed (See also:

• ALGAE

Algae) obtainable in See also:

• GREAT

great abundance on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west coasts of See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland and See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, and the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany . It is prepared from the deep-sea tangle (Laminaria digitata), See also:

• SUGAR

sugar wrack (L. saccharina), knobbed wrack (Fucus nodosus), See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black wrack (F. serratus), and See also:

• BLADDER (from A.S. blaeddre, connected with bl¢wan, to blow, cf. Ger. blase)

bladder wrack (F. vesiculosus) . -The Laminarias yield what is termed " See also:

• DRIFT (from "drive ")

drift-weed See also:

• KELP (in M.E. culp or culpe, of unknown origin; the Fr. equivalent is varech)

kelp," obtainable only when See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast up on the coasts by storms or other causes . The See also:

• SPECIES

species of Fucus growing within the tidal range are cut from the rocks at See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• WATER

water, and are therefore known as " cut-weeds." The weeds are first dried in the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun and are then collected into shallow pits and burned till they. See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a fused See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass, which while still hot is sprinkled with water to break it up into convenient pieces . A ton of kelp is obtained from 20 to 22 tons of wet sea-weed . The See also:

• AVERAGE

average See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition may vary as follows: See also:

• POTASSIUM [symbol K (from kalium), atomic weight 39.114 0=16)]

potassium sulphate, xo to 12%; potassium chloride, 20 to 25%; See also:

• SODIUM [symbol Na, from Lat. natrium; atomic weight 23.00 (0=16)]

sodium carbonate, 5%; other sodium and See also:

• MAGNESIUM [symbol Mg, atomic weight 24.32 (0 = 16)]

magnesium salts, 15 to 20%; and insoluble ash from 40 to 50% . The relative richness in See also:

• IODINE (symbol I, atomic weight '26.92)

iodine of different samples varies largely, See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good drift kelp yielding as much as-xo to 15 lb per ton of 22i cwts., whilst cut-weed kelp will not give more than 3 to 4 lb . The use of kelp in See also:

• SOAP

soap and See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass manufacture has been rendered obsolete by the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• PROCESS

process of obtaining carbonate of soda cheaply from See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt (see IODINE) .