Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c22.11
Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c22.11
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c22.11
The coals they use in common, are from Mimosa Sundra of Dr Roxburgh, (and Sandra of the Gentoos) which I am told grows on the nearest hills in abundance. They however find any other firm wood answer their purpose as well. Four gunny bags of coals is sold for one rupee and two annas, it is the quantity required for every smelting; For the ore, they pay one Dubb per basket, of which 12 are reckoned sufficient for one smelting; the ore is not reduced into smaller pieces, but thrown into the furnace just as it is dug up. The scorias are let out only twice, the last time just before they cease working the bellows.