In the massive state it has a colour resembling polished iron, and is malleable and very tough.
It is permanent in dry air, but in the finely divided state it rapidly combines with oxygen, the compact metal requiring a strong heating to bring about this combination.
Education is very widely distributed, and in every state it is compulsory for children of school ages to attend school.
As a separate state it dates only from about 1730, the time of the dismemberment of the Mogul empire.
The central part of the old factory continued to be used as a court-house till the 19th century, but owing to its ruinous state it was pulled down in 1829 or 1830; in 1840 the only portion that remained was the outward wall.
