Another way to paint on bamboo is with nitric or sulphuric acid. First the cuticle must be cut off, and the stem rubbed and smoothed the nitric or sulphuric acid is dropped on the smooth surface, and then a mixture of clay and water is also dropped on it; the stem is held over the fire, after a few minutes it is then taken away, lar pieces form the back of playing cards.
Bamboo Knives and Whetstones.
The outer cuticle of some species of bamboo is so hard that it forms a sharp and durable cutting edge, and it is so smooth that it can be used as a whetstone. The outer circle, cut into strips, is one of the most durable and beautiful materials for basket making and all over China it is largely so employed. Strips are also woven into cages, chairs, beds, covers, sofas, screens, graciles, and other articles of furniture.
The old Garden Bridge. The bridge is now the memorial been moved into right but the conservatory occup odern iron structure. Public Garden at the he same old spot Bamboo is extensively employed as timber. In some places in Yunnan and Szechuan some of the houses are made entirely of the product of this plant, There is also a bamboo building on the West Lake at Hangchow. The complete sections of the stem form columns er poles and beams: the split pieces serve for floors and rafters: and, interwoven in lattice work, it is employed for the sides of rooms, admitting light and air. The root is formed with laths of bamboo. The frames of the window are made of planks of it, and bamboo paper is used instead of glass. The bridges of some places are frequently made of the poles: the big. strong complete stems are treated the supporters: the middle-sized ones serve as a bridge.
Tsuk, and San Pei Tsok. They are durable and elastic, and are suit able for manufacture. The interior portions of the stem are beaten into pulp, and manufactured into the finer varieties of paper. This use was invented by Tsar Sun in the Its colour is cream, and it is softer and thinner than any other kind of paper. The paper ma in Fukien is very famous.
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