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name throughout this country, the Linnœus of Japan, and he has justly done so, because Ranzan’s work has sided von Siebold and his coadjutors largely in composing their Flora and Fauna Japonica.
3.—Ko-do-shu-roku or Manual for the Metallurgy of Copper, a small work with illustrations.
We intend to describe the different metals in the following order:
| a. | The metallurgy of Iron, bar-iron and steel, with a a list of the different iron-ores found in this country. |
| b. | The metallurgy of Copper, constitution of Japanese bronzes and a list of the different Copper-ores. |
| c. | The metallurgy of Lead and Silver. |
| d. | The„ metallurgy„ of Quicksilver. |
| e. | The„ metallurgy„ of Gold. |
| f. | The„ Manufacture of Arsenious Acid, with a list of Arsenic-minerals |
| g. | Notices about Zinc, Cobantun, Tin and Antimony. |
| h. | The Gems of the Chinese and Japanese. |
| i. | The„ Manufacture of Lime. |
| k. | The„ Japanese Coal. |
| j. | The„ Porcelain-clay. |
| m. | The„ Salt-manufacture. |
| n. | The„ Manufacture of Alum and Iron-vitriol. |
A.
Iron.
(Cast iron, bar-iron, steel).
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There are numerous iron-ores to be found in Japan. Those which are used; smelting iron ore: 1°. Magnetic iron ore, the chief ore of Japanese iron-industry. There are two varieties, one with an iron grey colour and more compact constitution and one with black colour and of more sandy character. The Loadstone, another varie-
