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MUCH of the technique of the paper mill laboratory is specialized and described only in papers distributed throughout an extensive literature: it is therefore useful to have in this single volume short descriptions of the most reliable methods of procedure, and references for those who wish to study any particular subject in detail. Probably because of an attempt to keep down the bulk of the volume, many of these descriptions are unfortunately rather sketchy and it is doubtful whether the mill chemist, approaching a given determination for the first time, could in all cases complete it successfully from the brief instructions given. For the same reason, the text is not very critical, nor does it discuss fully the difficulties which one is apt to encounter in practice; so that in general it conveys the impression that the determinations are easier to carry out than they really are. This book, then, should be regarded not as a substitute for a library, nor as a collection of instructions to be followed blindly on all occasions, but rather as a guide to methods and a pointer to sources of information.
A Laboratory Handbook of Pulp and Paper Manufacture
Incorporating the fourth edition of Stevens's Paper Mill Chemist. By Dr. Julius Grant. Pp. viii + 320 + 8 plates. (London: Edward Arnold and Co., 1942.) 28s. net.
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HARRISON, V. A Laboratory Handbook of Pulp and Paper Manufacture. Nature 152, 8 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152008a0
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