PLUMBAGO or Graphite Preparation PLUMBAGO (from Lat. plumbum, lead), a name frequently applied to graphite, “Miniran” in sinhala Languge. When Chemistry was in its early days and the graphite was thought to be a form of lead. Because of this, it was called “plumbago” (Latin for “acts like lead”). The black core of pencils is […]
hi, my great grand parent sundaram nadar and my grand parents Palsamy nadar and Damayanthi ammal and my mother lived in srilanka from 1932 to 1958 i have even seen photographs of their sihalese friends and family. They used to say they were very frienly people. has any body knows them
Hi, my grandmother told me that when she was. My age (10-) life wasn’t so pretty there but I am glade that she I alive and I am Sri Lankan