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**[[:Category:Commerce and trade|Commerce and trade]], for Fibiwiki pages about plantations: sections "Historical books online"  
**[[:Category:Commerce and trade|Commerce and trade]], for Fibiwiki pages about plantations: sections "Historical books online"  
*[http://www.new1.dli.ernet.in/data1/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005af6_70.pdf "Indian Dyes and Dyeing Industry during 18th-19th Century"] by H C Bhardwaj and Kamal K Jain ''Indian Journal of History of Science'' 17(1) 1982 pages 70-81. Prior to the introduction of synthetic dyes, most of the dyes were vegetable dyes.
*[https://archive.org/details/indiainasseenby00wallgoog ''India in 1887'' as seen by Robert Wallace], Professor of Agriculture and Rural Economy 1888 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/indiainasseenby00wallgoog ''India in 1887'' as seen by Robert Wallace], Professor of Agriculture and Rural Economy 1888 Archive.org
*''A Dictionary of the Economic Products of India'' by George Watt  There were ten volumes in total, including an Index volume [https://archive.org/details/adictionaryecon00wattgoog Volume I, Abaca to Buxus] 1885; [https://archive.org/details/adictionaryecon00agrigoog Volume VI, Part II Sabadilla to Silica] 1893; [https://archive.org/details/adictionaryecon01agrigoog Volume VI, Part III Silk to Tea] 1893 Archive.org
*''A Dictionary of the Economic Products of India'' by George Watt  There were ten volumes in total, including an Index volume [https://archive.org/details/adictionaryecon00wattgoog Volume I, Abaca to Buxus] 1885; [https://archive.org/details/adictionaryecon00agrigoog Volume VI, Part II Sabadilla to Silica] 1893; [https://archive.org/details/adictionaryecon01agrigoog Volume VI, Part III Silk to Tea] 1893 Archive.org

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Scientific and Miscellaneous books online

Miscellaneous titles

Travel

A Voyage To Surat In The Year 1689 by John Ovington, edited by H G Rawlinson, with commentary, 1929 is available to download as a pdf from Osmania University Digital Library [OUDL]. Restricted download hours may possibly apply. This book is also available to read online on the Digital Library of India website.
Table of Contents, computer pages 28-31;General index of Persons commencing part O-Z computer pages 632-633;General Index of Things A-Z computer pages 634-637
For more details of the author, see List of Indian Civil Servants

Journals of the Asiatic Societies and related publications

The Asiatic Society of Bengal issued many differently named publications including Asiatick Researches from 1788 to Volume XX 1839, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, published from 1832 to Volume 73, 1904, Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal published separately from 1865 to 1904, Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal new series, v. 1-30, 1905-1934. Superseded by the society's Journal 3rd ser. (called 1935-39, Journal and proceedings 3rd ser.), Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Issued by: 1905-1935, Asiatic Society of Bengal; 1938-40, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal. Irregular publications to 1949

Asiatic Researches

Gleanings in Science

Published in Calcutta. In 1832 the publication was merged with/became Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Google Books

Volume 1 1829 Contents Volume 2 1830 Contents Volume 3 1831 Contents

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society

The Society continued until 1873 when it amalgamated with the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Mainly Google Books Volume 19 Archive.org

Volume 1, 1836-1838 (reprint 1844)

Contents

Volume 2, 1838- May 1839 Volume 3, June 1839-Feb 1840

Contents

Volume 4, May-Aug 1840

Contents

Volume 5, Sept-Nov 1840

Contents

Volume 6, Sept 1841-May 1844

Contents

Volume 7, May 1844- Dec 1846

Contents

Volume 8, Jan 1847-May 1849

Contents

Volume 9, May 1849-Aug 1850

Contents

Volume 10, Sept 1850-June 1852

Contents

Volume 11, July 1852-Dec 1853

Contents

Volume 12, Dec 1854-March 1856

Contents

Volume 13, March 1856-March 1857

Contents

Volume 14, May 1857-May 1858

Contents

Volume 15, May 1858- May 1860

Contents

Volume 16, June 1860- Dec 1862

Contents

Volume 17, Jan 1863 to Dec 1864

Contents

Index of Volumes 1-17 1866 Volume 18, Jan 1865- Dec 1867

Contents

Volume 19, Jan 1868-Dec 1873

Contents

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay

Other

  • Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society from Volume 1 1845. See Ceylon
  • The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia. Published at Singapore Volumes 1-9 1847-1855; New Series Volumes 1-4 1856-59/63. See Singapore
  • Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1878-1922. See Singapore
  • Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society from c late 1850s. See China
  • Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland from 1834. Multiple volumes: Hathi Trust A,B. Archive.org

Calcutta Journal of Natural History, and Miscellany of the Arts and Sciences in India

Google Books

Volume 1 1841

Contents

Volume 2 1842

Contents

Volume 3 1843

Contents

Volume 4 1844

General Index

Volume 5 1845

General Index

Volume 6 1846

General Index

Volume 7 1847

General Index

Publications of the Indian Museum

The Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India

  • Transactions of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India Google Books
Volume 1 repr. 1838-Contents Volume 2 repr. 1938-Contents Volume 3 repr? 1839-Contents Volume 4 1837-Contents Volume 5 1838-Contents
Volume 6 1939-Contents Volume 7 1840-Contents Volume 8 1841-Contents Index to the Transactions Volumes 1-8 1857
January 1841-Contents February 1841-Contents March 1841-Contents April 1841-Contents November 1841-Contents December 1841-Contents
January 1842-Contents February 1842-Contents March 1842-Contents April 1842-Contents May 1842-Contents June 1842-Contents
  • Journal of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India Google Books and Archive.org
Volume 1 1842-Contents Volume 3 1844-Contents Part I-Contents Part II Volume 4 1845-Contents Part I-Contents Part II Volume 6 1848-Contents Part I-Contents Part II Volume IX, Part I with

Membership list at December 1854 *

* Located at the back of the book A residence among the Chinese 
inland, on the coast, and at sea. Being a narrative of scenes and adventures during a third visit to China, from 1853 to 1856 
by Robert Fortune 1857 Archive.org. The author was a plant collector and this book includes information about plant species

Other books relating to Agriculture

All the remaining volumes are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. (Vol- II Cabbage to Cyperus; Vol- III Dacrydium to Gordonia; Vol-IV (Gossypium to Lonociera); Vol-V (Linum to Oyster); Vol-Vi Part-I (Pachyrhizus to Rye); Vol-VI Part-IV (Tectona to Zygophillum), together with an Index volume). Restricted viewing, probably accessible to those in North America, and some other countries: Hathi Trust Digital Library ten volumes
The commercial products of India : being an abridgment of The dictionary of the economic products of India by Sir George Watt 1908 Archive.org Index

Botany in British India

The Himalayan Journal

  • The Himalayan Journal, Journal of the Himalayan Club is available online from Volume No 1, 1929 and is searchable.

1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica

  • Links to all the editions of the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica available on Archive.org may be accessed though a webpage from lexilogos.com. Index volume (Volume 29) Archive.org. All 28 volumes of text have the same format URL commencing with Volume 1 https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabri01chisrich The Encyclopaedia contains entries about many locations in India. There is a community project to update articles in this edition of the Encyclopaedia and this is online at Online Encyclopaedia