INDEX or AUTHOKS AND CONTENTS. XI 



INDEX OF AUTHORS 



AND 



CONTENTS. 



Pa»e. 



PREFACE • • I" 



PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION vii 



RUSSIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES xiv 



INTRODUCTION. Review of the Manufactures and Trade of Russia, by D. I. 



MendeleefF, Emeritus Professor, St. Petersburg University i 



The Central or Moscow Region; the Baltic and St. Petersburg Region; 

 Finland; the Northern Region of European Russia; the Eastern Region 

 of European Russia; the Siberian Region; the Central Asiatic; the Cau- 

 casus; the Southern Region of European Russia, adjacent to the Caspian, 

 Azov and Black seas; the South-western Region; the Vistula or Polish Region; 

 the North-western Region; the Little Russia Region; the Central Grain, or 

 Chernoziom Region. 



CHAPTER I. Cotton Goods, by N. Langovoy, Professor, St. Petersburg Technological 



Institute 1 



Historical review of the industry; quantity of cotton consumed, its classi- 

 fication and quality; the yearly returns of the industry; technical means of 

 manufacture; comparison of Russian and foreign industries; characteristics of the 

 trade; cost of production of cotton manufactures; prices of cotton and cotton 

 manufactures. 

 CHAPTER II. Flax, Hemp and Jute Goods, by N. P. Langovoy, Professor, St. Peters- 

 burg Technological Institute 22 



Historical sketch of the flax and hemp industries; the quantity of material 

 used, and its properties; the import of foreign goods into Russia; the technical 

 resources of the trade. 



