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quartz are abundant in South India ; and soda required for a flux and 

 wood-fuel are abundant. 



Tartaric Acid may be produced as an article of manufacture by- 

 saturating the excess of Tartaric Acid in the [illegible] of the fruit 

 of the tamarind tree with lime, (vide process,) and will be a useful 

 article much required in dyeing ; or perhaps the Tartrate of Lime might 

 be introduced into England as an article of commerce. 



Alum might be made from the Aluminous Shale said to abound upon 

 the Western Coast. 



Prospectus. 



Part I. Introduction, Principles of Chemistry, Explanation of No- 

 menclature. 

 Sect. 1st. Chemical combination. 

 Modes of 

 Solution 



Chemical mixture. 

 Effects of 



Change of form. 

 Change of density or bulk. 

 Change of temperature. 

 Alteration of the action of Heat. 

 Change of Colour. 

 Sect. 2d. Affinity and tables of, 

 Sect. 3d. Laws of combination — Atomic. 



Theory. 



Theory of volumes. 

 Sect. 4th. Table of equivalents and use of. 

 Part II. Description of chemical elements and their properties. 

 Part III. Dictionary of tests. 

 Part IV. The use of tests, and the practice of quantitative analysis 



of inorganic substances. 

 Part V. Description of apparatus. 



Part VI. Chemical manipulation, and mode of operation generally. 

 (Signed) J. Campbell, Captain, 



Assistant Surveyor General. 

 Royacottah, 5th October, 1841. 



