编辑同志:《化学通报》1975年第5期登载了“我国古代炭黑生产及法家科学家的贡献”一文。文中提到:“据史料记述,明朝时还有人收藏沈括用石油炭黑所制的墨多达数十斤,……”(见该期46页右栏倒数二行)。文后注明,“史料”是根据(明)焦竑,《墨苑·序》。我们查对了《墨苑·序》原文(《金陵丛书》乙集四中《澹园集·卷十六·墨苑序》)。文章一开始就说:“上古典策以竹挺染漆而书。迨魏晋所用则延安石液 Editorial comrades: “Chemical Bulletin” No. 5 of 1975, published in “China’s ancient carbon black production and legal scientists contribution” article. The article mentions: “According to historical records, there were also people in the Ming Dynasty who collected a few pounds of ink from Shen-kuo made with petroleum-carbon black ...” (see the last two columns of the right-hand column on page 46). After the text states that “historical data” is based on (Ming) Jiao Xi, “Mexican Court sequence.” We check the original “Mexican Court sequence” (“Jinling Series” B set in four “collection of books, Volume Sixteen ink court order”). From the very beginning, the article said: "In ancient times,