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increase, as there is, practically speaking, no industr) , operation, 

 or even trade, for which it is not necessary in some form or 

 another. One small manufactory is working at Vereeniging, but 

 this is not engaged in the production of cast iron from the raw 

 ore and its subsequent conversion into steel of known and 

 definite composition ; and further, what is being done is not, as 



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far as ] am aware, under strict chemical control, by which nieans 

 alone can proper and definite results be achieved. 



The function of the chemist in the control of matter and 

 its energy content is imjjcrfectly, if at all, understood, even in 

 industries such as this, where one might at least ex])ect thai the 



