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  AllRefer.com - logwood, Plant (Plants) - Encyclopedia
logwood, small, thorny tree (Haematoxylon campechianum) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family) native to tropical America and introduced into other tropical regions.
The brown-red heartwood is the source of the dye haematoxylin and was exported to Europe as a major purple textile dye from the 16th cent.
Logwood is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/logwood.html   (194 words)

  
 Logwood and Brazilwood
The deeply fluted, corrugated trunk of logwood (Haematoxylum campechianum) is unmistakable in the dense jungle of northern Belize.
Large mounds of logwood chips became the highest elevations to be found in the area, and were considered choice locations for house construction.
A fl and a white logwood cutter are depicted in the national emblem of Belize, which appears on the Belize flag and on Belize currency.
waynesword.palomar.edu /ecoph4.htm   (2839 words)

  
 Belize - THE EMERGENCE OF THE BRITISH SETTLEMENT
Logwood extraction then became the main reason for the English settlement for more than a century.
In 1717 Spain expelled British logwood cutters from the Bay of Campeche west of the Yucatán.
By that time, however, the logwood trade had declined and mahogany had become the chief export, so the settlers petitioned for a new agreement.
countrystudies.us /belize/5.htm   (610 words)

  
 15th (STEWART'S-LOGWOOD'S) TENNESSEE Cavalry Regiment
Formed February 5, 1864 by consolidation of 15th (Stewart's), 16th (Logwood's) Regiments and Street's Battalion Mississippi Cavalry; consolidated March, 1865 with 14th (Neely's), 21st (Carter's) and 22nd (Nixon's) Regiments to form Nixon's Consolidated Regiment.
Major Street was killed in May, 1864; Colonel Stewart was relieved of command in October, 1864, and Lieutenant Colonel Logwood was promoted colonel and William A. Dawson, formerly lieutenant colonel of the 15th, became lieutenant colonel, and was killed in November, 1864.
It was ncxt engaged in Forrest's raid into the city of Memphis on August 21, with Lieutenant Colonel Logwood in command of the troops that charged into the city.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Hills/4427/15cav.htm   (751 words)

  
 Friend of black Gonzaga student admits staging harassment to gain attention (hate crime hoax)
Logwood was a classmate and close friend of the mixed-race couple who were victims last month of harassing calls, car vandalism and scrawled racial slurs.
Logwood "felt she was being left out as a friend," Bragdon said.
Logwood, known to friends as "Allie," is a senior criminal justice major at Gonzaga.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/908110/posts   (733 words)

  
 LOGWOOD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Logwood tree (Haematoxylon campechianum) is a high tree reaching 10 to 15 meters with reddish trunk and thorny branches.
Logwood tree grows in Campeche Bay (Mexico) that’s why it is also known under the name « Campeche Wood ».
The tinctorial property of Logwood was known from the first millenium by aboriginals of Central America, the Aztecs, who were calling it « quamochitl ».
www.scrd.net /scrd_new/anglais/textile/hematine.htm   (308 words)

  
 The Spokesman-Review.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Logwood, known to Teneasa and others as "Allie," is a junior criminal justice major at Gonzaga.
Logwood is the godmother to their 2-year-old son and 6-month-old daughter.
Epefanio said Logwood apologized to her, admitting that she had falsified the police report and that she wrote the racial slur.
www.spokesmanreview.com /allstories-news-story.asp?date=050703&ID=s1346786   (672 words)

  
 logwood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In England, the use of logwood was prohibited from 1581 until 1662.
If a wool dyer was caught with logwood stored in his shop, house or warehouse, the penalties included banishment from the guild for ten years and a fine of 200 ducats.
For this project, a 3.5 ounce skein of silk was cold-mordanted in alum (Please see the article on cochineal dyeing for instructions.) I purchased logwood extract from Earth Guild, and the instructions on the label said to use ½-1 ounce of logwood extract to 1 lb.
home.att.net /~krystalmorgan/logwood.htm   (335 words)

  
 State of the art of small scale biomass boilers, Austria, Utilization
There are several types of biomass boilers: hand stoked furnaces (logwood boilers) and automatically stoked furnaces (chipped wood and pellet boilers).
Hot-water central heating systems consist of a boiler with an integrated burner, the hot water distribution system with pumps and tubes, the radiators in the rooms, a tank where the hot water is stored, a control unit and the flue gas chimney.
Logwood boilers are stoked manually with wood logs or coarse chipped wood.
www.eeci.net /archive/biobase/B10412.html   (703 words)

  
 Card25
When the bottoming is carried out exclusively with Logwood, the first tank must be assembled in a bath containing 8 to 10 kilos of extract at 30° Baumé and 250 to 300 g of Solvay soda per hectolitre of water.
Regarding the dyeing, the preparation is made by mixing 22 kg of pure Logwood N.O. extract diluted in 50 liters of water with a solution of 1 kilo of soda salt, in a barrel containing enough boiling water to give a 200 liter preparation.
Of course, the quantity of logwood necessary to nourish and maintain the concentration of the dyeing bath is correlated with the quality of the fabric.
www.scrd.net /scrd_new/anglais/textile/liv_tex/fiche25.htm   (1888 words)

  
 Dyeing with Logwood (Natural Dyes)
Logwood is the English name of both the dye and the tree from whose heartwood the dye comes.
Over-oxidized Logwood is of limited usefulness, giving dull, grayed purples, however it works well for fl: fl baths keep and get stronger with age, but purple baths generally go gray after a few days of storage.
Logwood is an "indicator" color, one that changes with the pH of the solution.
www.aurorasilk.com /info/logwood.shtml   (522 words)

  
 The California Times Online: News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Logwood spoke on Monday, March 26 in the Performance Center, encouraging students to make a difference and discover a revolution within ourselves.
Logwood read an excerpt from an experience after she attended the Millionwoman march.
Logwood continues her journey to educate all people on the rights and misconceptions of women.
sai.cup.edu /caltimes/archives/033001/news2.html   (702 words)

  
 Overview of Belizean History
In the last half of the 1500's the logwoods and dyewoods from the area were in demand in Europe, and the Spanish kept close control of their cutting and export.
Although Uring may not have been kind in referring to the logwood cutters, it was these same people, with the sword in one hand and the axe in the other, who laid the foundation of the English Colony.
Although logwood and other timbers were valuable, it is quite likely that one of the reasons the Spaniards did not want the English settling in the area, was because, with an English foothold, noted pirates such as Morgan, Drake and Hawkins could prey on the Spanish treasure fleets sailing from Honduras and Guatemala.
ambergriscaye.com /fieldguide/history2.html   (7867 words)

  
 Logwood Furnaces - Super Furnace Guide
LOGWOOD has two Furnace model lines, Standard Furnace and Yankee Furnace.
Logwood was another European source of blue dye, and also of red.
Nut 1 brown coal and dry logwood are recommended as fuel.
www.superfurnaceguide.com /logwood-furnaces.html   (684 words)

  
 Gibson in Gray
Thomas Logwood was formerly lieutenant colonel of the 6th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion, which was merged into the 7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment.
On June 15,1863, he recieved authority from the Secretary of War to raise a regiment of cavalry within the Federal lines in West Tennessee.According to Colonel Logwood he raised a full regiment,sent in his muster rolls to the Secretary of War, and was commissioned colonel.
Colonel Logwood received the order at daybreak, when his men were scattered over three counties, and had to report to Forrest with only 300 men, with whom he moved with Forrest into Mississippi."Upon arriving at Oxford,Mississippi, there were none of the new regiments that had over 300 men, all the rest being still in Tennessee.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Hills/4427/16cav.htm   (696 words)

  
 History of Belize - Chapter 6
By 1770 there was more logwood in the market than was needed, and the price fell.
The shift from logwood to mahogany cutting produced several dramatic changes in the settlement.
Ever since the establishment of logwood settlements in Belize, The British settlers imported almost everything they needed to live and work.
www.belizenet.com /history/chap6.html   (732 words)

  
 JAIC 1984, Volume 24, Number 1, Article 4 (pp. 33 to 39)
Indigo, logwood, and Prussian blue dyes were not destroyed by this procedure.
Logwood converted to pink in the acid when the mordant was cleaved off.
Non-aged logwood or logwood samples that are still blue can be identified in acid solution (VIS peak of 518 nm) but on aging this peak disappears entirely.
aic.stanford.edu /jaic/articles/jaic24-01-004_4.html   (556 words)

  
 LOGWOOD - LoveToKnow Article on LOGWOOD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The best qualities come from Campeachy, but it is obtained there only in small quantity.
The coloring principle of logwood exists in the timber in the form of a glucoside, from which it is liberated as hacmatoxylin by fermentation.
Haematoxylin and brazilin, and also their oxidation products, haematin and brazilin, have been elucidated by W. Perkin and his pupils (see Jour.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LO/LOGWOOD.htm   (268 words)

  
 botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Logwood - Herb Profile and Information
The average yearly import of logwood into the United Kingdom is about 50,000 tons, the four kinds recognized in the market, in order of value, being Campeachy, Honduras, St. Domingo and Jamaica.
The principal value of logwood is in dyeing violet, blue, grey and fl.
For dyeing, the wood is chipped and fermented, thus rendering it unsuitable for medicinal use.
www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/l/logwoo39.html   (511 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Logwood
Logwood, common name applied to the hard brown or reddish brown heartwood of a tropical tree (Legume), and to the tree itself.
Nylon : substances used in nylon manufacture: logwood, used to dye nylon fl
The only natural dye still used on a large scale is logwood, which imbues silk, wool,...
encarta.msn.com /Logwood.html   (89 words)

  
 Etherington & Roberts. Dictionary--logwood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
An aqueous extract obtained from the heartwood of the logwood tree, Haematoxylon campechisnum, of Central America and the West Indies.
It was taken to Europe soon after the discovery of America, and was one of the most important of the natural coloring matters until the 19th century, when it was superseded by synthetic dyestuffs of greater brilliance.
Logwood dye was used in producing fl ink, marbling colors, including purple and violet, and is still used in dyeing leather and textiles fl.
palimpsest.stanford.edu /don/dt/dt2111.html   (121 words)

  
 Textile & Fashion-related excerpts from "600 Miscellaneions Valuable Receipts", c. 1860   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Take Brazil logwood and sumach; vary the quantities as you want your shade; boil them in water, then enter your goods, handle well, and sadden with green copperas.
First put your logwood into the copper vessel; bring it to a boil; cool down; then enter your goods; bring them to a boil, half an hour, or longer if a large quantity; take out, wash, and finish.
Make up a tub of about 2 of logwood to 1 of fustic liquor,-both hot; enter 3 pieces; give them 5 ends; hedge out; give them 5 ends in copperas-liquor; have it stronger or weaker, according to shade wanted.
costume.dm.net /dyes/1860misc.html   (4435 words)

  
 JAIC 1984, Volume 24, Number 1, Article 4 (pp. 33 to 39)
The organic phase was examined with visible spectroscopy showing a maximum peak range of 602 to 605 nm for indigo and for logwood a maximum peak of 518 nm.
Vis spectroscopic analysis of the acid layer yielded a 645 nm peak for indigo (possibly sulfonated indigo) and a 518 nm peak for logwood.
Aged logwood thread lost its color within ten hours of both heat and light treatment and produced no peaks in the visible range.
aic.stanford.edu /jaic/articles/jaic24-01-004.html   (2254 words)

  
 Solid Biomass - Technology Profile (Chapter 3)
On the technical level, the development from the multi-fuel boiler of the past to today's modern logwood boilers represents a quantum leap in terms of convenience as well as efficiency.
Furthermore, thanks to the development of fuels from logwood via woodchips to pellets, a pourable wood-based fuel is now available which can be transported like a liquid, such as oil: wood (in the form of pellets) is supplied by tank lorry and pumped into the pellet tank by means of a fuel hose.
The latest models of logwood boilers do not need a storage tank as they can run at 30% of full power without significantly higher emissions than at full power.
www.energytech.at /(en)/biomasse/portrait_kapitel-3.html   (1747 words)

  
 Boone County car chase ends in arrest - Columbia Missourian
Logwood appeared intoxicated and his license plates did not match the car’s registration, police said.
Officers tried to stop Logwood at the end of the road, but he drove into a yard and through a wooded area, Harris said.
Harris estimated that Logwood ran 40 to 50 yards before he was caught.
www.columbiamissourian.com /news/story.php?ID=16913   (512 words)

  
 Logwood Natural Dye for Sale (Extract and Shavings)
Finest quality shavings harvested through the Dominican Republic Logwood Project, a non-profit cooperative development effort benefiting a group of remnant indigenous people of that island.
This is the finest quality Logwood I have used in all my 30 years of professional natural dyeing.
Our Logwood Extract is a commercial extract made in Mexico from trees harvested in the Yucatan.
www.aurorasilk.com /shop/dye_logwood.shtml   (186 words)

  
 Logwood - Home of the number 1 UK Kitchen Screen System   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Logwood Computing Ltd. was founded in 1991 to provide consultancy and computer systems for the hospitality industry.
Logwood products are manufactured by external ISO9000 certified manufacturers and supplied through a number of hospitality industry distributors who provide end-user support, hardware maintenance and sales facilities.
Logwood’s flagship product, first released in 1997, is a kitchen management system
www.logwood.com   (284 words)

  
 Logwood Bed & Breakfast - Durango, Colorado - BBOnline.com / Introduction
Logwood is a luxurious three story, 5,000 square foot, red cedar log home that sits on the banks of the Animas River in the beautiful north Animas Valley of Durango Colorado.
It is located only 8 miles from the north side of Durango Colorado near the Trimble Hot Springs and Tamarron Resort and is only 15 minutes south of Durango Mountain Resort...
Logwood has eight lovely guest rooms, all with private baths.
www.bbonline.com /co/logwood   (244 words)

  
 Belize-Guatemala Territorial Issue - Chapter 3
At the end of the seventeenth century, as the textile exports from England rose, the logwood trade boomed since the best dye for cloth was obtained from Belize's logwood.
As the mahogany tree is much bigger than logwood, it is scattered over a much larger area and cannot be exported in chunks, its export required more capital and especially, more labour".
The period of attacks by the Spaniards was between 1716 and 1754, the last eviction almost resulting in a war between Britain and Spain.
www.belizenet.com /bzeguat/chap3.html   (1575 words)

  
 The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834
That three Cart Loads of Logwood were carried from Stedman's (by order of Joyner and Bogue) to the Prisoner Bedford's House, at the Grey-hound against White Chappel Church on the seventeenth of March, besides one Load from the bottom of Old Gravel Lane, and one Load from the Hermitage.
But there not being sufficient Proof that this Logwood was the same that was lost, or that Joyner stole it, the Jury acquitted the Prisoners.
There were fifty two Pieces of Logwood, and one piece of Redwood, taken out of the Ware House, and left at the Edge of the Wharf.
www.oldbaileyonline.org /html_units/1730s/t17350522-26.html   (999 words)

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