Society of Chemical Industry

Abstract

THIS volume surveys progress under the following principal headings: chemical engineering, plant and machinery; fuel; gas, destructive distillation, tar, and tar products; mineral oils; intermediates and colouring matters; fibres, textiles, and cellulose; pulp and paper; acids, alkalis, salts, etc.; glass; ceramics, refractories, and cements; iron and steel; non-ferrous metals; electrochemical and electrometallurgical industries; fats, fatty oils, and detergents; plastics; resins, drying oils, varnishes, and paints; rubber; leather; soils and fertilizers; sugars and starches; the fermentation industries; foods; fine chemicals and medicinal substances; photographic materials and process; sanitation and water purification. F. Rumford concludes that the study of chemical plant design is being neglected, or at least under-publicized, in Great Britain. W. W. Goulston refers to the influence of the cargo aeroplane and the application of jet propulsion on the future production programme of the petroleum industry. J. Grant welcomes plans for the formation of a research association for the paper-making industry. P. Parrish and F. C. Snelling anticipate a large post-'armistice' demand for fertilizers and remark on the enthusiastic reception in Britain of National Grow-more fertilizer. J. Woolman records the use of the electron microscope for investigating the structure of steel. J. Hofton points out that security needs may have given the impression that Great Britain is 'tailing along' behind the United States in developing the plastics industry. T. R. Dawson states that the search for rubber-bearing plants has added little to the prospect of supplies. B.M. Brown mentions the substitution by British brewers of part of the barley malt by unmalted oat flakes. N. Evers emphasizes the importance of recent expansion in the production of mepacrine (the substitute for quinine) and penicillin.