Related Posts
Loading Tea in to Double Bullock Carts
Loading produced Tea in to Double Bullock Carts for shipping, Ceylon c.1911 In the transport of the produce from Tea estates a large number of Bullock carts were employed during 1860s to early 1900s, which was a characteristic feature of the Ceylon roads. Vintage hand-Colored Picture Postcard.
PLUMBAGO or Graphite Preparation in Ceylon
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 […]