Abstract
THIS book is intended to impress on students the importance of following the evolution of an industry and of keeping abreast with modern developments by Studying the literature. The first chapter gives very comprehensive method of studying the litieJature. The remaining nine might better be entitled "Some Inorganic Industries in the United States", and consist of a series of descriptive articles, each of about 40 pages, on the main heavy-chemical industries. These are presented in a historical manner, contain no references, and do not emphasize new developments. At the end of each chapter a number of articles is listed as a recommendation for students to read. These are almost exclusively of American origin. Except for a few historical refer ences, the subject-matter is confined to the manufacture of sodium and potassium salts, chlorine, sulphuric acid, and nitrogen and phosphorus compounds in the United States ; and the book can scarcely be expected to appeal to British readers, in spite of an admirable set-up, clear diagrams and good printing.
Inorganic Process Industries
By Prof. Kenneth A. Kobe. Pp. vii+371. (New York: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1948) 30s. net.
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WATSON, H. Inorganic Process Industries. Nature 163, 895 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163895c0
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