The word "quebracho" (pronounced KAYBRATSHO) signifies axe-breaking, and even modern tools do not retain their edge long when working on this wood. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
It is called the quebracho tree. From Wordnik.com. [Birdseye Views of Far Lands] Reference
A quebracho log will not float upon water, but will sink like iron. From Wordnik.com. [Birdseye Views of Far Lands] Reference
Steer hide, quebracho tanned (heavy leather) 11.7 1.6 11.2 43.1 32.4. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881] Reference
Mixtures of chestnut and quebracho extracts were prepared, to which were added. From Wordnik.com. [Synthetic Tannins] Reference
Bé. liquor composed of chestnut and quebracho, being completely tanned in two days. From Wordnik.com. [Synthetic Tannins] Reference
But a certain variety of the quebracho tree is much more valuable for another purpose, viz: the tanning of leather. From Wordnik.com. [Birdseye Views of Far Lands] Reference
One night we finished at 11 p.m., after a hard day's work, three of us unloaded 300 quebracho posts in under three hours. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
Here in this far away and unknown country are millions of acres of quebracho forests in which this tanning extract is already being made. From Wordnik.com. [Birdseye Views of Far Lands] Reference
The quebracho colorado has been very exploited for its hard, almost imperishable wood, which has been used to make railroad ties and posts. From Wordnik.com. [Humid Chaco] Reference
Plants more commonly associated with this ecoregion include Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco, Prosopis flexuosa, Ziziphus mistol, and Opuntia spp. From Wordnik.com. [Arid Chaco] Reference
Besides ordinary oak bark there are used at present very different substances, such as laurel, chestnut, hemlock, quebracho and pine bark, sumac, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881] Reference
Ischigualasto-Talampaya has a sparse vegetation characterized by xeric shrubs and cactus, and mesquite Prosopis sp. and quebracho Aspidosperma sp. trees. From Wordnik.com. [Ischigualasto-Talampaya, Argentina] Reference
The precipitate formed, consisting of quebracho phlobaphenes, was separated from the liquid by decantation, and purified by washing it several times with water. From Wordnik.com. [Synthetic Tannins] Reference
The bark and extract of the quebracho, a South American tree, are being imported for use in tanning, and are still further reducing the drain on our own forests. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
Another export which is worthy of particular mention comes from the forests, viz., quebracho, which, in the form of logs and extract, was exported in 1908 to the value of. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
Amongst our products suitable for export to Canada, are wool, quebracho, extract of quebracho, sugar and wine. From Wordnik.com. [Canadian Commercial Opportunities in Argentine] Reference
There is about fifteen per cent. of tannin in quebracho and at the tanneries it can be diluted, of course, to any strength desired. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Leather] Reference
Aspidosperma quebracho, Bulnesia sarmientii and Schinopsis sp.) up to 13 meters (m) high. From Wordnik.com. [Chaco] Reference
Others are soaked in a vegetable tan of hemlock, oak, chestnut, palmetto roots, gambier, or quebracho. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Leather] Reference
30 parts Solvenol plus 70 parts quebracho extract: clear solution, no deposit. From Wordnik.com. [Synthetic Tannins] Reference
25 parts Solvenol plus 25 parts quebracho extract: clear solution, very little deposit. From Wordnik.com. [Synthetic Tannins] Reference
15 parts Solvenol plus 85 parts quebracho extract: slightly opaque solution some deposit. From Wordnik.com. [Synthetic Tannins] Reference
20 parts Solvenol plus 80 parts quebracho extract: nearly clear solution, very little deposit. From Wordnik.com. [Synthetic Tannins] Reference
Using quebracho is a much simpler method. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Leather] Reference
Argentine quebracho extract was mixed with. From Wordnik.com. [Synthetic Tannins] Reference
Argentine quebracho extract. From Wordnik.com. [Synthetic Tannins] Reference
A bar into a vat of quebracho. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Leather] Reference
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