Abstract
THE present volume of this very useful review of JL the progress of industrial chemistry contains the usual sections. A notable feature is the inclusion of statistics in many cases where these had been held up during the war period. Those on coal make dismal reading. The abstracts are usually quite brief, so that it is scarcely possible to select any topics for special mention. Attention may perhaps be directed to some interesting information on moth-proofing (p. 91), on molecular weights of cellulosic materials (p. 101), plastics (p. 255), soils and fertilizers (p. 364), foods (p. 418), and fine chemicals and medicinal substances (p. 450). Many of these topics, it will be seen, are of general interest in various fields. The volume contains a very large amount of information and is well produced and indexed.
Reports of the Progress of Applied Chemistry
Issued by the Society of Chemical Industry. Vol. 29, 1944. Pp. 574. (London : Society of Chemical Industry, 1946.)
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Reports of the Progress of Applied Chemistry. Nature 159, 522 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159522d0
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