Tliis boolc-now become a classic, and rightly sois tlic fifth " eiitircly rewritten " edition ; tlw first edition appeared in I918 and t,lic intcrikning oncs in 1922, 1925, and 1929. ti set of all fire editions would furnish almost a coinplctc history of nutritional science, for Prof. IIcColluni and
Chemical engineering. A Manual of foundry Practice. By J. Laing and R. T. Rolfe. Pp. vii + 276. London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1934. 15s.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1934
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-4075
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โฆ Synopsis
CHEMISTRY AND INDUSTRY
:199 filtrntion ns cnrried out in diffcrcnt industries, and describes tlic nietliods gcncrally eniploycd for tlic filtration of water, air, wines nnd bccrs, sugar juices nnd syrups, vcgctablc oils, mineral oils, pnints and vnrnisIies, ctc. Thc book is c1c:irly written rind ndcqii:itcly illustrntcd, but tlic trc:itiiicnt througliout is purely tlcscriptivc. KO attcrnpt wlintcver is inndc to present the fiindiimcntiil pliysiciil 1an.s of filtrrition and tlicir quantitative nppliciition to tlie filtration process. Nor tire tlic ccononiic nspccts of filtration ndcqiiritely trcntcd, not cvcn to the cstcnt of tlisciissing tile iniportant qiicstion of determining tlic most econoriiic cake thickness nnd tlic optimum filtering and wnsliiii:! cyclc. Tlicse oniissions detract froni the \nluc of t l l C hook.
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