Industrial Alcohol at The
Polytechnic, Regent Street, London. Demy 8vo. 1907. 250 pp. With 75
Illustrations and 25 Tables. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 9d.
home; 8s. abroad.)

#Contents.#

#Alcohol and its Properties.# -- Ethylic Alcohol -- Absolute Alcohol --
Adulterations -- Properties of Alcohol -- Fractional Distillation --
Destructive Distillation -- Products of Combustion -- Alcoholometry --
Proof Spirit -- Analysis of Alcohol -- Table showing Correspondence
between the Specific Gravity and Per Cents. of Alcohol over and under
Proof -- Other Alcohol Tables. #Continuous Aseptic and Antiseptic
Fermentation and Sterilisation in Industrial Alcohol Manufacture.# #The
Manufacture of Industrial Alcohol from Beets.# -- Beet Slicing Machines
-- Extraction of Beet Juice by Maceration, by Diffusion --
Fermentation in Beet Distilleries -- Plans of Modern Beet Distillery,
#The Manufacture of Industrial Alcohol from Grain.# -- Plan of Modern
Grain Distillery. #The Manufacture of Industrial Alcohol from Potatoes.#
#The Manufacture of Industrial Alcohol from Surplus Stocks of Wine#,
Spoilt Wine, Wine Marcs, and from Fruit in General. The Manufacture of
Alcohol from the Sugar Cane and Sugar Cane Molasses -- Plans. #Plant,
etc., for the Distillation and Rectification of Industrial Alcohol.# --
The Caffey and other "Patent" Stills -- Intermittent versus Continuous
Rectification -- Continuous Distillation -- Rectification of Spent
Wash. #The Manufacture and Uses of Various Alcohol Derivatives#, Ether,
Haloid Ethers, Compound Ethers, Chloroform -- Methyl and Amyl Alcohols
and their Ethereal Salts, Acetone -- Barbet's Ether, Methyl Alcohol
and Acetone Rectifying Stills. #The Uses of Alcohol in Manufactures,
etc.# -- List of Industries in which Alcohol is used, with Key to
Function of Alcohol in each Industry. #The Uses of Alcohol for
Lighting, Heating, and Motive Power.#

#ANALYSIS OF RESINS AND BALSAMS.# Translated from the German of Dr. Karl
DIETERICH. Demy 8vo. 340 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d.
home; 8s. 3d. abroad.)

#MANUAL OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY.# By Herbert INGLE, F.I.C., Lecturer
on Agricultural Chemistry, the Yorkshire College; Lecturer in the
Victoria University. 388 pp. 11 Illustrations. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.
net. (Post free, 8s. home; 8s. 6d. abroad.)

#Contents.#

Introduction -- The Atmosphere -- The Soil -- The Reactions occurring
in Soils -- The Analysis of Soils -- Manures, Natural