IBRAHIM LODI, king of Dehli, was defeated at Panipat by Haber.
In many countries, the command of a proper supply of ice or snow for cooling water or other liquids in summer, has long been regarded as one of the necessaries of life. There aro even allusions to it in the Proverbs of Solomon:—'As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful mes senger to them that sent hun • for he refresheth the soul of his masters' (xxv. 13).
The Chinese in the north of their country form ice-houses, about Ningpo, GO feet long, 42 feet broad, and 12 feet high.
Ice is of great importance to the Chinese, who depend much for their food upon the fish which are caught in their waters. They are enabled by its means to keep their fish during the hottest weather for a considerable time, and transmit them in this way to different parts of the country. Ice has become an article of commerce. This traffic commenced in Wenham Lake, about 18 miles from Boston, in the United States of America, and subsequently some of the Norwegian lakes have furnished abundant supplies.
Between 1874 and 1880, the imports into India ranged from 147,360 to 268,011 cwt., and value Rs. 2,11,675 to 12,51,902, from all quarters. The Rubattino Company tried to convey Alpine ice from Genoa to Bombay.
• • Ice is now largely made in India by machines. The Peninsular and Oriental Ice Company at Bombay, in 1868 made five tons at a cost of five pie the lb. Private manufacturers sell it at two annas a lb. at a profit. The smaller machines turn it out in cylinders, the larger machines in slabs. On the recommendation of Colonel (Sir George) Balfour, C.B., the Indian Government sanctioned an ice machine, value Rs. 7000, for each European regiment.—Tomlinson ; Fortune.