Abstract
BOTH editions of Mr. Morgan's useful book on plantation rubber are now out of print, and in preparing a third edition the opportunity has been taken to revise completely the original work, and to incorporate in the new volume the results of the experimental research in practically all branches of the business of preparing rubber for the market which has been carried out by Mr. Morgan in the course of his work as Scientific Officer to the Rubber Growers' Association in Malaya. In doing so, the book has been virtually re-written, and it now forms a complete and authoritative guide to the modern practice of a rubber plantation, from the planting of the tree to the packing of the rubber for export. The subject has been usefully rounded off by the addition of a series of three chapters on the vulcanisation of rubber, including an account of the methods of testing the material for industrial use. This section of the book has been specially written by Dr. Stevens, consulting chemist to the Rubber Growers Association in London, and is based on the researches on vulcanisation carried out by him for the Association over a period of about ten years. Altogether the volume is an admirable handbook, and with periodical revision should remain the standard work on the subject.
The Preparation of Plantation Rubber.
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Morgan
. With a Preface and a Chapter on Vulcanisation by Dr. H. P. Stevens. Pp. xvi + 331. (London, Bombay and Sydney: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1922.) 21s. net.
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The Preparation of Plantation Rubber. Nature 112, 468 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112468c0
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