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THE 



TECHNOLOGIST. 



A MONTHLY RECORD OF 



&tittut npplitn to &vt atto* ifcauttfactttre* 



EDITED BY 



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



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

 Dictionary of Trade Products? " The Curiositka of Food? &c. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Notes on the Febrifuge Plants of Ceylon. By Wm. C. On- 

 daatje, colonial assistant-surgeon 129 



On Stibiconise, a Natural Oxide of Antimony from Borneo. 

 By T. L. Phipson 133 



On Bleaching. By Henry Ashworth 135 



On Some Edible Fungi. By M. C. Cooke, F.S.S 141 



On the Alto-Douro "Wine District of Portugal. By H. P. T. 

 Barron 145 



Fossil Hydro-Carbons, the Source of Light, Heat, Colour, &c. 

 By Thomas D. Kock 151 



On the Manufacture of Strings for Musical Instruments, 

 and other Uses of Gut and Sinew. By the Editor 158 



Eeviews, Publications Received, &c 160 



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