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THE author, alone or in conjunction with Bjorling, has already published two books on peat. The present volume deals mainly with those developments in the peat industry which have arisen since the publication of the previous books. It is divided into eight sections, dealing with the formation of peat, its winning as cut peat, machine-formed peat and pressed peat, peat gas and its by-products, power gas, peat-moss litter, peat mull and other products, such as alcohol and paper obtainable from peat. The eighth, and last, section contains miscellaneous information, formulae, and tables, which will be of much use to persons dealing with peat.
Peat Industry Reference Book.
By F. T. Gissing. Pp. xxiv + 292. (London: Charles Griffin and Co., Ltd., 1920.) Price 7s. 6d.
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Peat Industry Reference Book . Nature 106, 594 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/106594b0
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