Abstract
THE late Mr. Simmonds had produced a larger and more detailed treatise on alcohol before undertaking the present small volume. It would therefore be anticipated that his treatment of the subject would be most expert. The present volume, in fact, is a wonderfully concise and complete account of the manufacture and uses of alcohol, and is well illustrated. It is perhaps scarcely realised by those not familiar with recent progress in chemical industry and engineering how many uses are found for alcohol, and how many more promise to be discovered. Mr. Simmonds's book will supply this information to the general reader, and the chemist will also find much that is useful in it.
Alcohol in Commerce and Industry.
C.
Simmonds
By. (Pitman's Common Commodities and Industries.) Pp. xii + 119. (London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd., 1922.) 3s. net.
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Alcohol in Commerce and Industry . Nature 111, 181 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111181d0
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