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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 Com- 

 bustion — 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 Manu- 

 facture 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 .\lcohol 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 Svo. 340 pp. 

 Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. lOd. home ; 8s. 3d. abroad.) 



MANUAL OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. By 



Herbert Ingle, F.I.C, Late Lecturer on Agricultural Chemistry, the 

 Leeds University ; Lecturer in the Victoria University. Second 

 Edition, with additional matter relating to Tropical Agriculture, etc. 

 438 pp. 11 Illustrations. Demy Svo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 

 8s. home ; 8s. 6d. abroad.) 



Contents, 



Properties and Characteristics of the Elements.— Hydroj^en— Oxygen— Heat of Com- 

 bustion — Nitrogen — Carbon — Sulphur — Phosphorous — Potassium — Sodium — Fluorine — 

 Magnesium — Iron — Chlorine — Aluminium — Silicon — Borax. The Atmosphere. — Nitrogen — 

 Oxygen — Argon — Carbon Dioxide — Ammonia — Nitric Acid — Ozone — Solid Matter. The Soil. 

 — Classification of Rocks— Quartz — Felspar — Mica — Clay — Sandstones — Shales — Limestones 

 —Calcareous Rocks— Transported Soils. Formation of Soils.— By Water, Air, Earth 

 Worms, Vegetation and Bacteria — Sand— Clay — Limestone — Humus— Classification of Soils. 

 Reactions in Soils. — Diffusion — Gravitation— Nitrification — Soil Gases — Water of the Soil — 

 Biology of the Soil — Electrolytic Dissociation Theory — Mass Action. Analysis of Soils. — 

 Sampling — Mechanical and Chemical Analyses — Determination of Silica, Alumina, Ferric 

 Oxide, Total Potash and Phosphoric Acid, Lime, Magnesia. Calcium Carbonate, Sulphuric 

 Acid, Nitrates and Nitrites. Natural Manures.— Improvement of Soils— Farmyard Manure 

 — Composition of Animal Excreta — Use of Litter, Straw, Peat, Bracken, Leaves, Sawdust, 

 Tanners' Refuse — Fermentation and Preservation of Farmyard Manure. Other Organic 

 Manures. — Guano — Poultry and Fish Manures— Seaweed — Dried Blood— Bones — Meat 

 Guano— Hair— Soot— Oil-cakes. Nitrogenous Manures.— Sodium Nitrate— Ammonium 

 Sulphate— Phosphatic Manures — Tricalcum Phosphate— Coprolites— Phosphorites — Mineral 

 Superphosphates— Basic Slag — Potash Manures— Composition of Principal Potash Salts — 

 Various Manures— Common Salt — Gypsum — Limestone—Ferrous Sulphate — Gas Lime — 

 Copper Sulphate. Analysis of Manures.— Constituents— Determination of Nitrogen- 

 Phosphoric Acid — Potassium — V^aluation of Manures from Analysis. Constituents of 

 Plants.— Carbohydrates— Sugars— Starch— Dextrin— Glycogen— Inulin— Gums— Cellulose — 

 Glucose — Fructose— Cane Sugar — Meletrose— Arabinose — Xylose— Lignose — Pectose — Gly- 

 cerol— Waxes— Organic Acids and their Salts. Essential Oils and Resins.— Terpenes— 

 Oxygenated Essential Oils— Essential Oils containing Sulphur— Resins. Nitrogenous Sub- 

 stances. — Albuminoids— Amides — Alkaloids — Chlorophyll. The Plant. — Germination — 

 Roots — Osmotic Pressure — Leaves — Assimilation — Flowers. Crops. — Cereals — Root Crops 

 — Fodder Crops — Hay — Ventilating Stacks — Silage — Composition of Crops. The Animal. — 

 Blood—Bones — Fatty Tissue — Muscle — Digestion — Bile— Urine. Foods and Feeding.— 

 Composition of Oil-cake — B.ve-Products as Foods — Digestibility of Foods — Calorific Value of 

 Foods— Feeding Standards — .Manurial Value of Foods. Milk and Milk Products.— Fat — 



