History of the Churn

Abstract

IN No. 23 of the Agricultural Ledger, issued by the Government of India, and published in July, 1895, there is a précis of official correspondence on the Indian churn which begins: "In a letter addressed to the Government of India, Herr B. Martiny, of Berlin, asked for information regarding the Indian Churn. He there announces that he is engaged writing a history of the Churn, and is desirous of obtaining certain particulars regarding ‘the old Indian Churn,’ of which he furnished a drawing.” Has this “History of the Churn” been published in book form, or in the journal or transactions of any society? May I ask readers of NATURE if they can afford any information on the subject? If Herr Martiny addressed similar communications about native or ancient forms of churns to European, American, and Far Eastern Governments, and had his inquiry as fully replied to as it was by the Government of India, there must be pigeon-holed somewhere a mass of interesting data.