(1) The Administration and Finance of Gas Undertakings: with Special Reference to the Gas Regulation, Act, 1920 (2) Modern Gasworks Chemistry (3) Gasworks Recorders: their Construction and Use (4) The Distribution of Gas

Abstract

THE gas industry had its modest origin in the researches of William Murdoch, the “incomparable mechanic “to whom the Royal Society awarded its Rumford medal for his work in the production and utilisation of illuminating gas. Its rapid growth owes much to the co-operation of the scientific workers, although in the early days, even as now, there were not lacking prominent and distinguished men of science prepared to wail a Jeremiad over the industry. While to-day the nature and magnitude of its operations entitle the gas industry at least to contend for pride of place among applied sciences, whether chemical, mechanical, or physical, it cannot be too strongly emphasised that the industry is the child of pure science, and its present-day problems the problems of pure science. The industry asserts that pure and applied science are one and indivisible.

(1) The Administration and Finance of Gas Undertakings: with Special Reference to the Gas Regulation, Act, 1920.

By G. Evetts. Pp. xi + 374. (London: Benn Bros., Ltd., 1922.) 32s. 6d. net.

(2) Modern Gasworks Chemistry.

By Dr. G. Weyman. Pp. x + 184. (London: Benn Bros., Ltd., 1922.) 25s. net.

(3) Gasworks Recorders: their Construction and Use.

By Dr. L. A. Levy. Pp. xi + 246. (London: Benn Bros., Ltd., 1922.) 35s. net.

(4) The Distribution of Gas.

By W. Hole. Fourth edition, rewritten and enlarged. Pp. xv + 699. (London: Benn Bros., Ltd., 1921.) 50s. net.