Julst 1, 1865.] THE TECHNOLOGIST. 



CONTENT S. 



, PAGE 



The Physical Sciences which poem the Basis of Technology. 



By the late George Wilson, M.D.,. F.R.S.E., Regius Professor of 



Technology, University of Edinburgh . . . . . . 1, 71 



Chemistry applied to the Arts. By Dr. F. Crace Calvert, F.R.S., 



F.C.S 14, 97, 153, 197, 276, 343 



Natal Fibres ............ 25 



Chemical Analysis op Coffee ...:.... 28 



New Materials for Paper-Makjng ., „ . . . - . . .32 



Uses op the Horse-Chestnut ........ 34 



What Precious Stones are made of 38 



Woods of the Philippine Islands. By Professor Bernardin. No. II. 43 

 The Mechanical Nature and Uses op Gun-Cotton. By John Scott 



Russell, C.E., F.R.S. : 49 



The Rice-Paper op Formosa. By Robert Swinfen, ELM. Consul at 



Formosa 56 



Machinery for the Manufacture op Plate Glass. By George H. 



Daglish, St. Helen's . .58 



On Myroxylon Toluiferum, and the Mode of Procuring the Balsam 



of Tolu. By John Weir 67 



Development of Colonial Resources- Sawing Machineey . . 71 

 The "Nardoo" Plant of Eastern Australia. By David Moore, 



M.R.I. A., Curator of the Royal Dublin Society's Botanical Garden . 90 

 Museum Arrangements and Acclimatisation. By Dr. J. E. Gray, 



F.R.S. 105 



Products of the Montana op Peru. By Mr. Consul Cocks . . US 

 Chemistry. . By Campbell Morfit, M.D., F.C.S., late Professor of Analytical 



and Applied Chemistry in the University of Maryland . . . .123 



Phormium- Tenax, or New Zealand Flax. By Charles Craik . . 125 



Silkworm Culture ... - 128 



On the Position and Mode of Working the Bath Freestone. By 



J. Randall 132 



Photo-Sculpture. By A. Claudet, F.R.S. 146 



Woollen Manufacturers in Australia 149 



The Petroleum Trade of Pennsylvania. By Mr. Consul Kortright . 166 



