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THE 



TECHNOLOGIST. 



A MONTHLY RECORD OF 



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P. L. SIMMONDS, F.S.S., 



Author of " The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom? ,( A 

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CONTENTS. 



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Vegetable Oils and Fats of India. By M. C. Cooke, F.S.S.... lj 



Alfa Fibre for Paper-Manufacturers. By James "Watt 13 



On the Supposed Influence of the Papaw (Carica Papaya) on 

 Meat 15 



Oak Truffles. By M. De Gasparin 17 



The Coral of Commerce. By the Editob , 20 



On Anacahuite Wood. By Berthold Seemann, Ph.D 24 



Useful Products of Western Australia. By H. Drummond... 25 



Sarsaparilla of the Mundrucus 28 



Reviews : — A Manual of Botany. ' By Robert Bentley F.L.S., 



M.R.C.S.E., &c. The Practice of Hand-Turning in Wood, 



Ivory, Shell, &c. By Francis Cainpen 31, 32 



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