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A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry 



BY 



T. E. THORPE, B.Sc. (ViCT.), PH.D., D.Sc. (DUEL.), F.R.S, 



PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY IN THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, LONDON. 



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VOL. I. (A DY.) With 236 Illustrations. Pp. 724, 8vo, $15. oo 



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ADVERTISEMENT. 



This Work is essentially a Dictionary of Chemistry in its Applications to the Arts and Manufactures ; hence 

 it deals but sparingly with the purely scientific aspects of Chemistry, unless these have some direct and immediate 

 bearing upon the business of the technologist. For all such matters reference is made to the New Edition of 

 " Watt's Dictionary of Chemistry," by Dr. Forster Morley and Mr. Pattison Muir, to which, indeed, the present 

 Work may be said to be complementary. In order to facilitate such reference the general plan and method ol 

 arrangement of the two Dictionaries are similar, and the nomenclature and notation adopted are practically 

 identical. It has, however, not been thought desirable, even if it had been found possible, to make use of the same 

 elaborate system of abbreviation and contracted expression as that employed in the companion Work, in which the 

 variety and complexity of the subject-matter are necessarily much greater. 



Although the two Works are, in a broad general sense, complementary, it is practically impossible to avoid a 

 certain amount of overlapping, and therefore a certain degree of independence. Hence in the present Work the 

 Chemical history of a product of technical importance, so far as it is known, has often been completed, although its 

 derivatives have, at present, no applications in the Arts. Moreover, such subjects as the ATMOSPHERE, WATER, 

 FERMENTATION, the CHEMISTRY OF THE HYDROCARBONS, the VEGETO- ALKALOIDS, GLUCOSIDES, etc., etc., all of 

 which are dealt with in the other Work, find also a place in this Dictionary by reason of their relations to Tech- 

 nology or to Medicine and Sanitation. In all cases, however, these subjects are treated from the stand-point of 

 practical application. 



The Editor has been fortunate in securing the co-operation of a large number of gentlemen, not only in the 

 United Kingdom, but also in America, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, and France, as contributors on subjects 

 with which they are specially qualified to deal. A list of these, with the titles of their contributions, is prefixed to 

 each volume. Their names and standing are a sufficient guarantee that no pains have been spared to make the 

 Work a faithful record of the present condition of Chemistry in its relations to the Arts and Manufactures. Special 

 attention has been paid to the bibliography of the subjects, and in certain cases to the compilation of trustworthy 

 patent-lists. 



SOME OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



" Should be in the hands of every manufacturer who 

 wishes to be well posted in the subjects with which he 

 has to do." Iron and Steel Trades Journal. 



" The list of the names of contributors and the selec- 

 tion of their subjects inspires confidence at once." 

 Journal of Society of Chemical Industry. 



"Will be universally appreciated by technical and 

 manufacturing chemists. . . . Dr. Thorpe's great 

 work carries with it its own emphatic recommendation. 

 It must prove most valuable, not merely to chemists and 

 chemical manufacturers, but to all merchants who have 

 to deal with chemical products." Chemical Nevus. 



' ' The completion of this important work places at the 

 service of manufacturers and others a complete encyclo- 

 paedia treating of industrial operations which in any- 

 way involve a knowledge of chemistry, and it cannot 

 fail to prove a valuable source of information for all who 

 are interested in the productive arts. . . . We feel 

 confident that those who may desire to keep abreast of 

 the progress made in chemical industries, and to pos- 

 sess a trustworthy source of information concerning 

 modern chemical arts and operations, cannot do bet- 

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