[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.s1.27 # Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c19.s1.27 Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c19.s1.27 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c19.s1.27) 2. Sedgimutti is an earth, containing a large portion of fossil alkali. The \*natron\* (Transliterated from the original in Greek: Editor.) of the ancients. It is found in great plenty in this country, and universally used in washing, bleaching, soap making, and for various other purposes. - [Previous: c19.s1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c19.s1.26) - [Next: c20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c20.2) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c19.s1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c19.s1.27) · Pramāṇa