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India / China: The 'Drying Room' in a Patna opium factory with hundreds of opium balls prepared for use in the China trade. Lithograph, W. S. Sherwell, c. 1850.

After balling, the balls are taking to the Drying Room, where each is placed in an individual earthenware cup. The image shows men examining the balls, and puncturing with a sharp style those in which gas, arising from fermentation, may be forming'.

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India / China: The 'Drying Room' in a Patna opium factory with hundreds of opium balls prepared for use in the China trade. Lithograph, W. S. Sherwell, c. 1850.

Caption:

After balling, the balls are taking to the Drying Room, where each is placed in an individual earthenware cup. The image shows men examining the balls, and puncturing with a sharp style those in which gas, arising from fermentation, may be forming'.

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Album / Pictures from History/Universal Images Group

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4900 x 3565 px | 50.0 MB

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41.5 x 30.2 cm | 16.3 x 11.9 in (300 dpi)

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