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  ALCOHOL 
  

  

  Its 
  Manufacture 
  

   Its 
  Denaturization 
  

   Its 
  Industrial 
  Use 
  

  

  The 
  Cost 
  of 
  Manufacturing 
  Denaturized 
  Alcohol 
  in 
  Germany 
  and 
  

   German 
  Methods 
  of 
  Denaturization 
  

  

  are 
  discussed 
  by 
  Consul-General 
  Frank 
  H. 
  Mason 
  in 
  Scientific 
  American 
  

   Supplement 
  1550. 
  

  

  The 
  Use, 
  Cost 
  and 
  Efficiency 
  of 
  Alcohol 
  as 
  a 
  Fuel 
  for 
  Gas 
  Engines 
  

  

  are 
  ably 
  explained 
  by 
  H. 
  Diederichs 
  in 
  Scientific 
  American 
  Supple- 
  

   ment 
  1596. 
  Many 
  clear 
  diagrams 
  accompany 
  the 
  text. 
  The 
  article 
  con- 
  

   siders 
  the 
  fuel 
  value 
  and 
  physical 
  properties 
  of 
  alcohol, 
  and 
  gives 
  details 
  

   of 
  the 
  alcohol 
  engine 
  wherever 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  different 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  a 
  

   gasoline 
  or 
  crude 
  oil 
  motor. 
  

  

  The 
  Production 
  of 
  Industrial 
  Alcohol 
  and 
  

   Its 
  Use 
  in 
  Explosive 
  Motors 
  

  

  are 
  treated 
  at 
  length 
  in 
  Scientific 
  American 
  Supplement 
  1581, 
  valuable 
  

   statistics 
  being 
  given 
  of 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  manufacturing 
  alcohol 
  from 
  farm 
  products 
  

   and 
  using 
  it 
  in 
  engines. 
  

  

  French 
  Methods 
  of 
  Denaturization 
  

  

  constitute 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  article 
  published 
  in 
  Scientific 
  American 
  

   Supplement 
  1599. 
  

  

  How 
  Industrial 
  Alcohol 
  is 
  Made 
  and 
  Used 
  

  

  is 
  told 
  very 
  fully 
  and 
  clearly 
  in 
  No. 
  3, 
  Vol. 
  95, 
  of 
  the 
  Scientific 
  American. 
  

  

  The 
  Most 
  Complete 
  Treatise 
  on 
  the 
  

   Modern 
  Manufacture 
  of 
  Alcohol 
  

  

  explaining 
  thoroughly 
  the 
  chemical 
  principles 
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  underlie 
  the 
  process, 
  

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  too 
  many 
  wearisome 
  technical 
  phrases, 
  and 
  describing 
  and 
  illustrating 
  

   all 
  the 
  apparatus 
  required 
  in 
  an 
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  plant 
  is 
  published 
  in 
  Scientific 
  Amer- 
  

   ican 
  Supplements 
  1603, 
  1604 
  and 
  1605. 
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  article 
  is 
  by 
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  de 
  

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  In 
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  and 
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  we 
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  digest 
  of 
  the 
  rules 
  

   and 
  regulations 
  under 
  which 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Internal 
  Revenue 
  will 
  permit 
  

   the 
  manufacture 
  and 
  denaturization 
  of 
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  alcohol. 
  

  

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