The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6
Intercolonial Exhibition, 1866-7; report on vegetable products
Contents
- [title page]
- Jurors' Report on the Vegetable Products in the Intercolonial Exhibition of 1866
- Introductory Notes to the Victorian Collection of Timber at the Intercolonial Exhibition
- Victorian Timber Exhibited by the Commissioners of the Intercolonial Exhibition p. 5
- Remarks on Timber from east Gippsland, by Lockhart Morton, Esq p. 8
- Names of Different Woods, &c., Used by the Yarra Natives for Weapons and Implements p. 9
- Notes on some of the Timber Specimens from New South Wales p. 10
- Queensland Timber p. 12
- Notes on Some of the Wood Specimens from Southern Queensland p. 13
- Brief Notes on the Geographical Distribution of the Trees, of Which Timber is Extant in the South and North Queensland Division of the Intercolonial Exhibition p. 15
- Wood Books p. 21
- Barks Forwarded to the Exhibition by Ferd. Mueller, M.D p. 22
- Victorian Woods Manufactured into Paper Knives
- Products of dry Distillation of Victorian Woods
- Table Showing the Yield of Charcoal, Crude Wood Vinegar, and Uncondensible Gases, for 100 Parts of the Different Woods p. 25
- Table — Showing the amount of pure Hydrated Acetic Acid, the amount in gallons of proof Vinegar of the revenue (Sp. Gr. 1.0085), represented by the Hydrated Acetic Acid, real Wood Spirit, and Wood Vinegar Tar residue contained in the Crude Wood Vinegar, obtained from 100 pounds of the woods; likewise, the measure of the Crude Wood Vinegar and the amount of dry Acetate of Lime it furnished; further, the amount of pure Hydrated Acetic Acid and real Wood Spirit in the Crude Wood Vinegar per cent p. 26
- Table — Showing the amount of Crude Wood Vinegar, Empyreumatic Oil and Charcoal obtained from the distillation of the undermentioned (chiefly European) varieties of Wood, calculated for 100 pounds; also, the amount of pure Hydrated Acetic Acid in the Wood Vinegar; and further, the amount of pure Hydrated Acetic Acid in the Wood Vinegar per cent.—By Stolze p. 27
- Paper Materials
- Gums p. 34
- Picric Acid
- Senna p. 35
- Gastrolobium
- Tea
- Sandarac p. 36
- Mylitta Australia
- Gardenia Resin, from new Cadedonia
- Opium p. 37
- Aromatic Plants
- Ayapana
- Chinese Grass-Cloth
- New Snuff p. 38
- Barks
- Barks from Various Parts of Australia p. 39
- Tanners' Material
- Table Showing the Percentage of Tannic (Tannin) and Gallic Acid in the Bark of some Victorian Trees p. 40
- List of Preparations from the Phytochemical Laboratory of the Botanic Garden. — Description of Specimen
- Raw Material for Paper p. 42
- Vegetables Used for Food by the Aborigines
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List of Some of the Roots and Fruits Used as Vegetable food by the Aboriginals of Northern Queensland, Australia. by a. Thozet, esq. — Without Preparation p. 43
- Roots p. 43
- Stems or Flower-Stalks
- Fruits
- Seeds p. 45
- With Preparation.—baked Only
- Poisonous in a Raw State
- Appendix