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Show Production of Rosin Is One of Oldest Industries Production of turpentine and rosin Is one of the oldest industries of Amer ioa. records of exports dating as far hack' as loii'i showing these to have been among the first products export ed by the early colonists. While they were originally used in shipbuilding for caulking wooden vessels and protecting pro-tecting rope rigging, thus gaining their name of "naval stores," chemistry has developed an amazing number of uses for rosin and turpentine, making them indispensable In a large number of (in portant industries. Soap manufacture leads In consumption of rosin, with surfacing of writing and printing paper pa-per ranking second. Rosin is also ex- j tenslvcly used In the manufacture of varnishes, water-proofing compounds, roofing materials, leather dressings, lubricants, lu-bricants, waxes. linoleum and electric Insulation. Turpentine is an Important Impor-tant industrial factor as a thinner for paint, solvent for inks, waxes, rubber and water-proofing compounds, as well as In chemical and phanriceuf'al combinations. |