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THIS work is planned to give accurate and modern information about the raw materials of industry. It is to be divided into four sections, covering vegetable, animal, mineral, and synthetic products respectively. The contents gives the impression of a comprehensive work which should be of considerable value to students of geography, economics, and commerce, as well as to persons actually engaged in manufactures. The first part, in addition to the introduction, has articles on fibres generally, cotton, flax, and jute. Each article describes the plant concerned, conditions of cultivation, harvesting, and the preparation and marketing of the fibre. The author has succeeded in combining accuracy with the avoidance of unduly technical language. Much of the matter is not otherwise readily accessible except in expensive works dealing with one or other industry, or is scattered in technical journals. The work is well illustrated by photographs, maps, and coloured plates.
Raw Materials of Commerce.
J. Henry
Vanstone
By, assisted by Specialist Contributors. Complete in about 24 Fortnightly Parts. Part 1. Pp. ii + 32. (London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd., 1929.) 1s. 3d. net each part.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 123, 201 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/123201c0
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