July 1, 1864.] THE TECHNOLOGIST. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Notes on the Properties op Wood. By Joseph Justen ... 1 



The Paper Manufacture. By Benjamin Lambert 13 



The Veronica Quinquefolia as a Bemedy for Scrofula. By William 



K. Prince .22 



Petroleum and Photogen. By W. Procter, M.D., F.C.S. ... 24 

 On the Owala or Opochala of Western Africa and its Seeds. By 



John R. Jackson . 32 



The Tallow Tree (Stillingia Sebifera) and* the Pela, or Insect 



Wax of China. By D. J. Macgowan, M.D. (With Illustrations.) . 33 

 On the Trade in Cork Bark. By the Editor ...... 42 



The Hard Woods of Commerce. By P. L. Simmonds . . ..49 



The Application of Alfa or Esparto to the Manufacture of Paper. 



• By Jules Barse 59 



On the Different Species of Ilex employed in the Preparation of 



the ' Yerba de Mate,' or Paraguay Tea. By John Miers, F.R.S., 



F.L.S., &c. . . 70 



Substitutes for Wax. By Barnard S. Proctor ..... 76 



Algerian Products. By Paul Madinier 73 



Rise and Progress of the Hosiery Manufacture. By William Felkin 81 

 Stained Glass and Glass used for Decoration. By Apsley Pellatt . 90 



Explosibility of Coal Oils. By T. Allen 97 



Phosphate Nodules. By the Rev. George Henslow HI 



The Edible Fishes of Massachusetts. By David Humphreys Storer, M.D. 116 

 Glass for Household Use and Fancy Purposes. By Apsley Pellatt . 120 

 On Improvements in Machinery and Apparatus for Cleansing and 



Purifying Casks. By Robert Davison, C.E. . . ... .124 



Chemical Manufactures on the Tyne. By Messrs. J. C. Stevenson, 



R. C. Clapham, and T. Richardson 127, 175 



The Toot-Poison of New Zealand. By W. Lauder Lindsay, M.D. and 



F.R.S.Edin., F.L.S., &c 136 



A Visit to a Bone Boiling Factory. By N. B. Burgh, C.E. . . 13~ 

 On the Engineering Manufactures of the Tyne and Neighbouring 



Districts. By Percy Westmacott, C.E., and J. F. Spencer . . 145 

 The Productive Resources of Cyprus. By Mr. White, British Vice- 



Consul 15S 



