A French-english dictionary for chemists. By Austin M. Patterson. Pp. xvii.+384. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd. 1921.) Price 18s. Net

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• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1921
• Weight: 149 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000401614

✦ Synopsis

France, 9 t o the United Stntcs, and only 3 per cent. t o tho United Kingdom.-(U.S. Corn. Rcp., June Aniseed Oil in tlic Far Enst.-Fitiaticc and Cornmcrcc (Slinnglini) has recently publislicd n n nrticle on tho aniseed-oil industry in tho Fnr Enst, in wliich i t is s t i t t d tlint in Cliinn tlie oil is not estriictcd from tho seed by pressing but by distillation, miiinly n t Hongkong but nlso in soutlierii Chinn, in Xnnning and in Canton. The yield of oil is nbout 3 c:itties from 20-30 cnttics of dried seed, corraponding to one picul of fresh nniseed (catty= 1'33 Ib., picul=133'33 Ib.). Aniseed oil froni Uongliong is nlw:iys 11nclied in smnll lend cnnnistcrs, cncli containing 16 Ib. of oil, nnd four cannisters nrc pnckcd in each woodcn c:iso. Owing t o its high prico, nniscetl is n l w n p linblo to IIO ndultcrntcd, but them is littlo risk of this nt prclicnt :IS snmples of tho senled p:ick:iges lixye to IM drnivn mid nnnlysed by the Llongkong Got-ernnicnt Analyst prior to shipmcnt. Grcnt Ijritnin, tho United Stntcs, nnd Fr:inco nre tlio chief importing countries, but ltnly is said to bo n n intending lurge purchiiscr. 111 addition to its use in medicine, aniseed oil is used in tlio prcpr~rntion of liqueurs.-(ah.