[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971) › c19.6 # Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c19.6 Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c19.6 - **Language:** English ### [c19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c19.6) As the substances, producing cloths, ropes, and paper, are few in present use, this plant may perhaps be cultivated with advantage, in some of the British West India Settlements, and in other countries destitute of hemp and flax. It is not improbable, that it may be raised in the warmer climates of Europe, as it ripens here in winter. I cannot say, what soils it may refuse; where I have seen it, in the greatest plenty and perfection, has generally been upon an earth composed of clay, calcareous grit, and sand. - [Previous: c19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c19.5) - [Next: c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c19.7) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c19.6) · Pramāṇa