The India officer's and trader's pocket-guide. In purchasing the drugs and spices of Asia and the East-Indies: With practical directions for the choice of diamonds, and an accurate account of the Chinese touch-needles [by W. Lewis] ... To which are prefixed, a complete account of the officers privilege ... and the duties of, and drawbacks on, East India goods. / Compiled from authority by H.D.S. [i.e. H.D. Steel].

  • Steel, Henry Draper, 1756-1818
Date:
1789
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The India officer's and trader's pocket-guide. In purchasing the drugs and spices of Asia and the East-Indies: With practical directions for the choice of diamonds, and an accurate account of the Chinese touch-needles [by W. Lewis] ... To which are prefixed, a complete account of the officers privilege ... and the duties of, and drawbacks on, East India goods. / Compiled from authority by H.D.S. [i.e. H.D. Steel]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tafte and a fragrant fmell. It is feldom ufed here, the am- mi vulgare being fubftituted, which is commonly cultivated in gardens. AMMONIACUM, GUM, Is brought from feveral parts of Alia either in fine tears, or drops, or in malTes compofed of them, of a milky white- refs ; the external parts of the mafs commonly incline to yellow or brown ; and the white tears change to the fame colour on being expofed for fome time to the air. This gum has a flrong fmell and a difagreeable fweetnefs of tafte, fol- lowed by a fenfation of bitternefs. It turns any liquid but fpirits milky, on diflolution. Gum ammoniac, in maftes, fhould be chofen full of drops, without filth or feeds, dry, brittle, growing foft by the fire, and being eafily reduced to a white powder, of a fharp tafte and fmell. The drops fhould be round, white, internally and externally, of a fmell not unpleafant, of a bitter tafte, and free from feeds or other foreign fubftances. AMMONIACUM, SAL, Is a volatile fait brought chiefly from Egypt, fometimes in conical loaves, commonly in round cakes, convex on one fide and concave on the other. It fhould be chofen of a very fharp penetrating tafte, white, clear, tranfparent, dry, with the internal part perfe&ly pure and of an almoft tranfparent whitenefs ; the outfide is for the moft part foul, and of a hue inclining to yellow, grey, or black ; but it fhould be every