Abstract
THE numerous products obtained from coal-tar are ever increasing in importance, not so much, perhaps, because of the isolation of new substances or new derivatives of the older materials recognised as being present therein, but more by reason of the utilisation of compounds hitherto known to be present, which have previously found no industrial application. In the preface to the book under review, the authors direct attention to the fact that no commercial use has yet been found for phenanthrene and fluorene, and it is indeed remarkable that this should be the case when it is remembered that phenanthrene is the basis of some of our most important natural alkaloids. Nevertheless, the other side of the picture tells a different story, and there can be no question that in the near future use will be found for these hydrocarbons just as use has now been found for such substances as acenaphthene and carbazole, compounds at one time regarded as laboratory rarities.
The Industrial Applications of Coal-Tar Products.
By H. M. Bunbury A. Davidson. Pp. xi + 284. (London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1925.) 42s. net.
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T., J. The Industrial Applications of Coal-Tar Products . Nature 117, 296 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117296a0
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