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WE believe the engineer began as a person responsible for the construction of engines of war the profession has prospered and to-day there are all sorts of engineers, of which the latest is the chemical variety. For a time opinions differed as to his utility, his function, and his training, but clarity on these points seems to be forthcoming with the very rapid development of chemical industry, and the chemical engineer is settling down to become a very useful member of society. It has been recognised that there are many unit operations common to all chemical processes and even vital to many industries not ordinarily considered chemical. Such are the transportation of liquids, the flow of heat, evaporation, diffusion, distillation, humidifying, drying, gas absorption, extraction, filtration, and a few more.
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By Prof. Walter L. Badger Prof. Warren L. McCabe. (Chemical Engineering Series.) Pp. xvii + 625. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.; London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Ltd., 1931.) 25s. net.
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A., E. The Chemical Engineer. Nature 128, 622–623 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128622a0
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