Lexicographical Neighbors of Megasse
Literary usage of Megasse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Timehri: The Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of by Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana (1894)
"... colony the differences of crushing would be with single crushing, 62 tons
juice, losing 26 tons juice by megasse: with double crushing, 72 tons juice, ..."
2. A Text-book of Paper-making by Charles Frederick Cross, Edward John Bevan, J. F. Briggs (1916)
"megasse is the name given to the fibrous residue of the sugar cane after the ...
As in the case of megasse, the large proportions of " pithy " tissue ..."
3. A Handbook for Cane-sugar Manufacturers and Their Chemists by Guilford L. Spencer (1917)
"This juice is usually diluted with the saturation water. 170. Bagasse. megasse.—This
is the woody residue left after expressing the juice from the cane. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... brushwood, straw, and the woody residue of sugar-cane after the extraction of
the saccharine juice known as megasse or cane trash. ..."
5. Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries by United States Dept. of State, Dept. of State, United States, Bureau of Foreign Commerce (1903)
"Whether the amount of megasse in excess of that used for fuel would be sufficient
... If other fuel were used, there would be great quantities of megasse to ..."
6. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1876)
"... the finished product, as produced from grass and like fibres under Routledge's
process. Among the materials made use of are Esparto, Bamboo, megasse, ..."
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