Thats because they are low res. images of each page converted into pdf. Hence you cant search for a particular thing. But there are other site, where the text files of the books are available for free too. Regards Pankaj
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Many thanks Gurcharan ji for the link to Biodiversity Heritage Library. > The Search facility in this library is on a broad scale ... yields results > according to chosen category. > > Only difficulty is: getting to find results, for say any genus, within the > opened book. > Or perhaps, am missing some method to achieve that. > > > Here are the links to the seven volumes at Internet Archive. > The links open the book in Internet Archive BookReader ... a search panel is > available at right side. > The difficulty here (for me !!) is that I may find the required genus in the > 7th attempt. > > Vol I Ranunculaceae - Polygaleae > http://www.archive.org/stream/floraofbritishin01hook#page/n5/mode/2up > > Vol II Sabiaceae - Cornaceae > http://www.archive.org/stream/florabritishind00unkngoog#page/n7/mode/1up > > Vol III Caprifoliaceae - Apocynaceae > http://www.archive.org/stream/floraofbritishin03hookrich#page/n5/mode/2up > > Vol IV Asclepiadae - Amarantaceae > http://www.archive.org/stream/florabritishind03hookgoog#page/n8/mode/1up > > Vol V Chenopodiaceae - Orchidae > http://www.archive.org/stream/florabritishind04hookgoog#page/n8/mode/1up > > Vol VI Orchideae - Cyperaceae > http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924050778673#page/n5/mode/2up > > Vol VII Cyperaceae - Graminae > http://www.archive.org/stream/floraofbritishin07hook#page/n5/mode/2up > > > > Regards. > > > > > On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> A really great discovery for me at least, and I hope many others will be >> happy to know: >> All the seven volumes of Flora of British India are available online. You >> can view them online or download in pdf format. I have started using them >> extensively. >> http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/title/678# >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > >
