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Word: kauri (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1928-1928
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Their coal tar red wrecked the business of Levant farmers who had been raising madder plants for madder red. A similar misfortune befell the indigo plant cultivators of India. In New Zealand kauri gum diggers are becoming impoverished. Chile, once boastful of its natural nitrate monopoly is humble. Synthetic rubber is a fact, although heretofore more expensive than Malaya and Sumatra natural rubber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Chemists & Commerce | 9/3/1928 | See Source »

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