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THE subject covered by this book is of great importance and one which continues rapidly to develop, as is witnessed by the fact that the new edition contains 50 per cent more subject-matter. New chapters contain information relating to the production of aromatics from gaseous hydrocarbons: there are those who predict that much motor-fuel is to be made this way in the future, which may mean that the whole of our tar production may be first cracked to gas and this synthesized to antiknock petrol. If this became true, home-produced oil would be a fact at long last.
Motor Benzole:
its Production and Use. By W. H. Hoffert and G. Claxton. Second edition. Pp. xxv+933+3 plates. (London: National Benzole Association, Ltd., 1938.) 42s. net.
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Motor Benzole. Nature 142, 1142 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/1421142d0
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