Abstract
ONE of the welcome signs of the industrial revival in England is the increasing number of first-class technical books “made in England” replacing the former translations. This manual on water gas is an example of this trend: the author has practical knowledge of his subject and he has been permitted to use freely the information available at the works of the Gas Light and Coke Company, where there are several plants containing the latest modifications of design. Water gas to-day is required on the largest scale at a very low cost, so that there has been considerable urge to perfect the processes of its manufacture. Its use in the gas industry has been supplemented by other uses and may shortly be exceeded, as it is the cheapest raw material for making pure hydrogen for the synthesis of methanol and other chemicals and for the hydrogenation of coal.
The Manufacture of Gas.
Edited by H. Hollings. In three volumes. Vol. 1: Water Gas. By Dr. R. H. Griffith. With a Section on Temperature Measurement, by H. C. Exell. Pp. xv + 260. (London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1934.) 36s. net.
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Technology . Nature 134, 619–620 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134619e0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/134619e0
