A dictionary of the economic products of India: Volume 5 Linum to oyster

A Scottish doctor and botanist, George Watt (1851-1930) had studied the flora of India for more than a decade before he took on the task of compiling this monumental work. Assisted by numerous contributors, he set about organising vast amounts of information on India's commercial plants and pro...

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Beteilige Person: Watt, George 1851-1930
Format: E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York Cambridge University Press 2014
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge library collection. Botany and horticulture
Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107239180
Zusammenfassung:A Scottish doctor and botanist, George Watt (1851-1930) had studied the flora of India for more than a decade before he took on the task of compiling this monumental work. Assisted by numerous contributors, he set about organising vast amounts of information on India's commercial plants and produce, including scientific and vernacular names, properties, domestic and medical uses, trade statistics, and published sources. Watt hoped that the dictionary, 'though not a strictly scientific publication', would be found 'sufficiently accurate in its scientific details for all practical and commercial purposes'. First published in six volumes between 1889 and 1893, with an index volume completed in 1896, the whole work is now reissued in nine separate parts. Volume 5 (1891) contains entries from Linum (the flax genus) to oyster (the subcontinent's best oyster beds were to be found 'on the coast near Karachi, Bombay and Madras').
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (676 Seiten)
ISBN:9781107239180