Excerpt from Calcutta Journal of Natural History, and Miscellany of the Arts and Sciences in India, 1845, Vol. 5: Geology and Zoology; Botany Whatever may be thought of the practical applications of Natural History, they ought to assume a very important character in this country at the present crisis, whether we regard them as accessory to improved education, or as a means of improving the national resources. In our last Number, we referred to the employment of magnesian limestone, - a common mountain rock in certain parts of the country, -as a material for the production of Epsom Salt. We have since become acquainted with the fact, that in consequence of the comparatively high price of the imported article, Glauber Salt is largely introduced to India, crystallized in imitation of Epsom Salt, for which it is sold by wholesale, a circumstance which (although there may be nothing very dissimilar in the properties of the two articles) in our opinion, ought to weigh greatly in deter mining the adoption of such measures as may be reason ably suggested for improving the supply of such things from our own resources, were it for no other reason than to check such practices as the one adverted to. The question presents itself to us in a different point of view from that of its mere relation to medicine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.