Chemicals, Waste Products and Agricultural Chemistry
REISSUE OF CHEMICAL ESSAYS OF C. W. SCHEELE. First Published in English in 1786. Translated from the Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, with Additions. 300 pp. Demy 8vo, Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 6d. home; 5s. 9d. abroad.)
Contents.
Memoir: C. W. Scheele and his work (written for this edition by J. G. McIntosh) — On Fluor Mineral and its Acid — On Fluor Mineral — Chemical Investigation of Fluor Acid, with a View to the Earth which it Yields, by Mr. Wiegler — Additional Information Concerning Fluor Minerals — On Manganese, Magnesium, or Magnesia Vitrariorum — On Arsenic and its Acid — Remarks upon Salts of Benzoin—On Silex, Clay and Alum — Analysis of the Calculus Vesical — Method of Preparing Mercurius Dulcis Via Humida — Cheaper and more Convenient Method of Preparing Pulvis Algarothi — Experiments upon Molybdæna — Experiments on Plumbago — Method of Preparing a New Green Colour — Of the Decomposition of Neutral Salts by Unslaked Lime and Iron — On the Quantity of Pure Air which is Daily Present in our Atmosphere — On Milk and its Acid — On the Acid of Saccharum Lactis — On the Constituent Parts of Lapis Ponderosus or Tungsten — Experiments and Observations on Ether — Index.
THE MANUFACTURE OF ALUM AND THE SULPHATES AND OTHER SALTS OF ALUMINA AND IRON. Their Uses and Applications as Mordants in Dyeing and Calico Printing, and their other Applications in the Arts, Manufactures, Sanitary Engineering, Agriculture and Horticulture. Translated from the French of Lucien Geschwind. 195 Illustrations. 400 pp. Royal 8vo. Price 12s. 6d. net. (Post free, 13s. home; 13s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
Theoretical Study of Aluminium, Iron, and Compounds of these Metals — Aluminium and its Compounds — Iron and Iron Compounds.
Manufacture of Aluminium Sulphates and Sulphates of Iron — Manufacture of Aluminium Sulphate and the Alums — Manufacture of Sulphates of Iron.
Uses of the Sulphates of Aluminium and Iron — Uses of Aluminium Sulphate and Alums — Application to Wool and Silk — Preparing and using Aluminium Acetates — Employment of Aluminium Sulphate in Carbonising Wool — The Manufacture of Lake Pigments — Manufacture of Prussian Blue — Hide and Leather Industry — Paper Making — Hardening Plaster — Lime Washes — Preparation of Non-inflammable Wood, etc. — Purification of Waste Waters. — Uses and Applications of Ferrous Sulphate and Ferric Sulphates — Dyeing — Manufacture of Pigments — Writing Inks — Purification of Lighting Gas — Agriculture — Cotton Dyeing — Disinfectant — Purifying Waste Liquors — Manufacture of Nordhausen Sulphuric Acid — Fertilising.
Chemical Characteristics of Iron and Aluminium — Analysis of Various Aluminous or Ferruginous Products — Aluminium — Analysing Aluminium Products —Alunite Alumina — Sodium Aluminate — Aluminium Sulphate — Iron — Analytical Characteristics of Iron Salts — Analysis of Pyritic Lignite — Ferrous and Ferric Sulphates — Rouil Mordant — Index.
AMMONIA AND ITS COMPOUNDS: Their Manufacture and Uses. By Camille Vincent, Professor at the Central School of Arts and Manufactures, Paris. Translated from the French by M. J. Salter. Royal 8vo. 114 pp. Thirty-two Illustrations. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
General Considerations: Various Sources of Ammoniacal Products; Human Urine as a Source of Ammonia — Extraction of Ammoniacal Products from Sewage — Extraction of Ammonia from Gas Liquor — Manufacture of Ammoniacal Compounds from Bones, Nitrogenous Waste, Beetroot Wash and Peat — Manufacture of Caustic Ammonia, and Ammonium Chloride, Phosphate and Carbonate — Recovery of Ammonia from the Ammonia-Soda Mother Liquors — Index.
INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL. A Practical Manual on the Production and Use of Alcohol for Industrial Purposes and for Use as a Heating Agent, as an Illuminant and as a Source of Motive Power. By J. G. M’Intosh, Lecturer on Manufacture and Applications of Industrial Alcohol at The Polytechnic, Regent Street, London. Demy 8vo. 1907. 250 pp. With 75 Illustrations and 25 Tables. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 9d. home; 8s. abroad.)
Contents.
Alcohol and its Properties. — Ethylic Alcohol — Absolute Alcohol — Adulterations — Properties of Alcohol — Fractional Distillation — Destructive Distillation — Products of Combustion — Alcoholometry — Proof Spirit — Analysis of Alcohol — Table showing Correspondence between the Specific Gravity and Per Cents. of Alcohol over and under Proof — Other Alcohol Tables. Continuous Aseptic and Antiseptic Fermentation and Sterilisation in Industrial Alcohol Manufacture. The Manufacture of Industrial Alcohol from Beets. — Beet Slicing Machines — Extraction of Beet Juice by Maceration, by Diffusion — Fermentation in Beet Distilleries — Plans of Modern Beet Distillery, The Manufacture of Industrial Alcohol from Grain. — Plan of Modern Grain Distillery. The Manufacture of Industrial Alcohol from Potatoes. The Manufacture of Industrial Alcohol from Surplus Stocks of Wine, Spoilt Wine, Wine Marcs, and from Fruit in General. The Manufacture of Alcohol from the Sugar Cane and Sugar Cane Molasses — Plans. Plant, etc., for the Distillation and Rectification of Industrial Alcohol. — The Caffey and other “Patent” Stills — Intermittent versus Continuous Rectification — Continuous Distillation — Rectification of Spent Wash. The Manufacture and Uses of Various Alcohol Derivatives, Ether, Haloid Ethers, Compound Ethers, Chloroform — Methyl and Amyl Alcohols and their Ethereal Salts, Acetone — Barbet’s Ether, Methyl Alcohol and Acetone Rectifying Stills. The Uses of Alcohol in Manufactures, etc. — List of Industries in which Alcohol is used, with Key to Function of Alcohol in each Industry. The Uses of Alcohol for Lighting, Heating, and Motive Power.
ANALYSIS OF RESINS AND BALSAMS. Translated from the German of Dr. Karl Dieterich. Demy 8vo. 340 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. 3d. abroad.)
MANUAL OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. By Herbert Ingle, F.I.C., Lecturer on Agricultural Chemistry, the Yorkshire College; Lecturer in the Victoria University. 388 pp. 11 Illustrations. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 8s. home; 8s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
Introduction — The Atmosphere — The Soil — The Reactions occurring in Soils — The Analysis of Soils — Manures, Natural — Manures (continued) — The Analysis of Manures — The Constituents of Plants — The Plant — Crops — The Animal — Foods and Feeding — Milk and Milk Products — The Analysis of Milk and Milk Products — Miscellaneous Products used in Agriculture — Appendix — Index.
THE UTILISATION OF WASTE PRODUCTS. A Treatise on the Rational Utilisation, Recovery and Treatment of Waste Products of all kinds. By Dr. Theodor Koller. Translated from the Second Revised German Edition. Twenty-two Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 280 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. 3d. abroad.)
Contents.
The Waste of Towns — Ammonia and Sal-Ammoniac — Rational Processes for Obtaining these Substances by Treating Residues and Waste — Residues in the Manufacture of Aniline Dyes — Amber Waste — Brewers’ Waste — Blood and Slaughter-House Refuse — Manufactured Fuels — Waste Paper and Bookbinders’ Waste — Iron Slags — Excrement — Colouring Matters from Waste — Dyers’ Waste Waters — Fat from Waste — Fish Waste — Calamine Sludge — Tannery Waste — Gold and Silver Waste — India-rubber and Caoutchouc Waste — Residues in the Manufacture of Rosin Oil — Wood Waste — Horn Waste — Infusorial Earth — Iridium from Goldsmiths’ Sweepings — Jute Waste — Cork Waste — Leather Waste — Glue Makers’ Waste — Illuminating Gas from Waste and the By-Products of the Manufacture of Coal Gas — Meerschum — Molasses—Metal Waste — By-Products in the Manufacture of Mineral Waters — Fruit — The By-Products of Paper and Paper Pulp Works — By-Products in the Treatment of Coal Tar Oils — Fur Waste — The Waste Matter in the Manufacture of Parchment Paper — Mother of Pearl Waste — Petroleum Residues — Platinum Residues — Broken Porcelain, Earthenware and Glass — Salt Waste — Slate Waste — Sulphur — Burnt Pyrites — Silk Waste — Soap Makers’ Waste — Alkali Waste and the Recovery of Soda—Waste Produced in Grinding Mirrors — Waste Products in the Manufacture of Starch — Stearic Acid — Vegetable Ivory Waste — Turf — Waste Waters of Cloth Factories — Wine Residues — Tinplate Waste — Wool Waste — Wool Sweat — The Waste Liquids from Sugar Works — Index.