Just me as only boat spawn. Boat area is usually totally empty. Nothing to shot, nothing to play...just a cap and an empty map. When you stick you nose out, you get OSK'ed by a destroyer volley. While your 75mm HE cannons aren't applying any damage. Even when you empty your whole ammo rack, the crew of a typical DD won't decrease by more then 10%. When you directly aim for the turrets, they only turn yellow very slowly. Its like there is zero damage potential, while one single HE shell of a DD wipes you off the map. But both ships are in one BR bracket^^
Today: Morning rain and pockets of moderate to heavy rain S&E into the AM commute. Some of the downpours could lead to localized flooding. Things improve midday with a leftover chance of showers and rumbles of thunder later this afternoon. Warmer and more humid with highs in the upper 70s.
Shec. Flora Carol. 489; Griffith's Med. Bot. 86; U. S. Disp. 1244. This, and the following, have also a caustic property, and are employed internally as diuretics and sudorifics in chronic rheumatism; and externally, in the treatment of eruptions, and as vesicants. Shecut says that a yellow dye may be extracted from both leaves and branches; the latter are sufficiently tough to make withs and fagots. The fibrous shoots may be converted into paper, and the wood is yellow, compact, and odoriferous, furnishing an excellent material for veneering.
Lind. Nat. Syst. 6; Bart. M. Bot. ii, 21; Veg. Mat. Med. ii, 17; Raf. Med. Fl. i, 251; Griffith, Med. Bot. 82. It has a narcotic smell; used in this country as a tonic. The root was known to the Indians, from the brilliant yellow color which it yields. This appears to be permanent, and might be applied in the arts. Martin, in the Trans. Phil. Soc. 1783, in his Observations on the Dyes used by the Aborigines, states, from his own experience, that it was found serviceable in coloring silks, wool, and linen. With indigo, it yielded a rich green. Griffith mentions it as a powerful bitter tonic, much used in the West as a wash in chronic ophthalmia. In its fresh state, supposed to be narcotic. Tincture, decoction, or powder employed. Dose of powder, thirty to sixty grains.
The bark possesses pure bitter tonic properties, closely analogous to those of colombo and quassia. Dr. P. C. Barton thinks it a more powerful bitter than the former of these. It was given by Dr. Woodhouse in doses of forty grains in dyspepsia; a decoction is also employed. The shrub contains a gum and resin, both of which are intensely bitter. Alcohol is the best menstruum. Its tinctorial powers were known to the Indians. It yields plentifully a coloring matter, a drab being imparted by it to wool, and a rich yellow to silk; without a mordant it does not affect cotton or linen; with Prussian blue it strikes a dull olive green color.
Argemone Mexicana, Linn. D. C. Prodrom. Devil's fig; prickly poppy; Mexican poppy; thorn apple; yellow thistle. Charleston district, grows around buildings in rich spots; vicinity of Charleston; Newbern. Fl. July.
The gold of pleasure has been cultivated by several practical agriculturists, who highly approve of the new plant. For all these reasons it is hoped that every farmer will avail himself of this valuable discovery as a remunerating rotation crop. Mr. Taylor adds that one acre cultivated with these plants yield thirty-two bushels of seed, from which five hundred and forty pounds of oil are obtained; so that the camelina seems to exceed the flax in its produce of seed, oil, and cake per acre. The seed is extremely rich in nutriment. I know of no seed superior to it for feeding cattle. The oil obtained by expression is sweet and excellent, especially for purposes of illumination. From the very small quantity of inorganic matter in the seed, it will be evident that the seed cake must be of a very nutritious character, being merely the seed deprived of a portion of its water and oily matter. We have examined some of the oil obtained from the seed of the camelina sativa, and which has been recently sent to several medical men by Mr. Taylor, under the belief that it possesses valuable medical properties. It is of a yellow color, and smells something like linseed oil. Finding it of service in relieving the incessant cough of a cat, Mr. Taylor has extended the use to the human subject, and states that it has cured several persons affected with diseased lungs and asthma.
Mustard seed oil, says Ure, in his Dict. Arts and Sciences, p. 285, concretes when cooled a little below 32 Fahrenheit. The white or yellow seed afford thirty-six per cent. of oil, and the black seed eighteen per cent.
Wilson states that its leaves and flowers are strongly resiniferous or oleiferous, and emit a powerful odor when rubbed; it bleeds under very slight compression or wounding, and imparts a blood-red color to any spirituous or oleaginous substance with which it is mixed, and was formerly supposed to possess the power of healing wounds, bruises, and contusions. It is the Fuga Doemonium, he adds, of old herbalists, and was formerly held to influence conjurations and enchantments. It yields a good yellow dye to woven fabrics, from its flowers, and a good red dye from its leaves. The juice of the hypericums are often exceedingly similar to gamboge. Rural Cyc. The plant has a resinous odor, and Dr. Darlington says is believed to produce troublesome sores on horses and horned cattle, especially those which have white feet and noses. The dew which collects on the plant appears to become acrid. Flora Cest. Farmers' Encyc. I found the same impression prevailing in Powhatan county, Va. A tincture of the flowers and leaves are used in stomach complaints.
To obtain the fragrant essences from the fresh rinds of lemons, oranges, etc., the rinds are rubbed against large lumps of loaf sugar until the yellow rind is completely absorbed. Those parts of the sugar which are impregnated with the essence, are, from time to time, to be cut away with a knife, and put into an earthen dish. The whole being thus taken off, the sugared essence is to be closely pressed, and put by in pots, where it is to be squeezed down hard, have a bladder over the paper by which it is covered, and tied tightly up. It is at any time fit for use, and will keep for many years. Exactly in the same manner may be obtained and preserved, at the proper seasons, from the fresh roots, the essences of the rinds of bitter or sweet oranges, lemons or limes, bergamots, etc., some of which are often unattainable in a fresh state at any price. Thornton's Herbal, p. 659. By this simple means those who have, or can obtain lemons, may preserve the essence for the preparation of cooling, acidulous drinks at any time. Wine may also be made from the orange. Thornton, in his medical work, gives the method as follows: Put twelve pounds of powdered sugar, with the whites of eight or ten eggs, well beaten, into six gallons of spring water, boil them three quarters of an hour; when cold, put into it six spoonfuls of yeast and the juice of twelve lemons, which, being pared, must stand, with two pounds of white sugar, in a tankard, and in the morning skim off the top, and then put it into the water; add the juice and rinds of fifty oranges, but not the white or pithy parts of the rinds; let it work all together two days and two nights; then add two quarts of Rhenish or white wine, and put it into a vessel.
It is not employed medicinally. The fruit is very acid to the taste, and is often made into preserves. The bark, with that of the white hickory, gives a yellow dye. Alum must be used as a mordant. The yarn should first be boiled with soap and water, then wrung out, and boiled in the preparation.
Commence the cutting of the weed in the evening, in time to have the steeper set before it is dark. The plants are laid in strata, and pressed down by weights. When a sufficient quantity of them are laid, pour in water to the height of about four inches above them. One inch and a half above the surface of the water bore a hole through the side of the vat, and directly over the trough which is to convey the liquor into the beater. When the fermentation has commenced the liquor will rise and run over. Let it remain until the stream has ceased, or nearly so. This, in hot weather, will be from ten to fourteen hours after the water has been poured upon the weed, or on the following morning. Immediately draw off into the beater, and commence the agitation. Continue this for about twenty minutes, and then let in the lime-water until you have plenty of grain, but not very coarse. The agitation must be carried on, and frequent use be made of the plate. As soon as a change in the color is perceived, from a muddy green to a purple or blue, the beating should cease. This operation usually requires an hour. There can be no certain rule as to the quantity of lime-water to be used, or the length of time for continuing the agitation. If the indigo be not sufficiently steeped, it will require more lime-water, and longer beating, and vice versa. Having obtained the fine blue tint you wish, stop the agitation, and pour in an additional quantity of lime-water, which will cause the grains to collect and settle in a short time. Be careful, however, not to add so much as to give the liquor a yellow or red tinge: it should be of a clear, but pale green. As the sediment subsides, commence drawing off the water through the upper plugs, and so on to each successively, until the mud alone remains at the bottom of the vat or beater. In the evening this should be removed into the drainer, and by the morning following it will be well drained and cracked, which it should be before it is taken out. Having first pressed out the water remaining in it, work up the mud; give it a second pressure, and work it up again until it becomes stiff. After this, submit it to a third pressure, for cutting. Should your indigo incline to mould on the drying-boards, as it is apt to do in rainy or damp weather, the mould must be wiped off; otherwise it may turn to a gray color. Let it remain upon the drying-boards until you plainly see the quality; afterward it may be put up in small barrels. In continued damp weather, during the manipulating and drying process, put the greenish indigo in the sun, and turn it frequently. As soon as it begins to crack, take it in.
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