Fuels, gas, water and lubricants. By S. W. Parr. PP. 250. London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 1923. Price 12s. 6d
โ Scribed by Ormandy, W. R.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1923
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- 132 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-4075
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โฆ Synopsis
Apt11 li, 1023 features of this clinptcr is n short history of tho dcrclopmcnts of the proccss in Englnnd, 1 ' 4 rniicc and Aluericn. Scc/io,i (2), nlso of nbout forty p g c s ant1 clcnling with thc cpiaiiiitlc process, IS more complctc, hut tlie infornintion given is mainly stntisticnl, rather thnn prncticnl. ,Secfio,i (:$) is tlcrotrtl to the nrc proccss. Of spccinl iiitcrcst arc tlic first fciv p g c s si1IiiIiinrisbig tho history of this process. Uirc crctlit is gircn to tlic lntc Lord Ik~glrigh for tlic pioneering work he nccoiiiplislictl in mrnsuring for the first tinic thcrclntioii bct~vccii thccncrgy cspcntlcd and the niiiouiitof nitrogen fisrtl. ltisasonicwhat nsto!iisIiing fnct, tlint cvcw i n tlic lnrgwt niitl iiiost succcssful niotlr.rn plnnts, ciiiployiiig furnnces of 4000 lrw. capcity, the iiicrcncc i i i tlic yicld obtninrtl pcr kw. cspciitlctl, o w r thnt gircn hy Lord I<nylrigli's priinitivc nppnra t u s docs not cscced 50 per cciit. Seclioti (4), on tlic ositlntioii of niii~iioni:~, is one of tlic I ~s t in tlic 1)oolc. Tliis ~v n s rntlicr to be cspcctctl, siiicc it wns with this pnrticulnr tlivisioli of the work of the Sitrogcn l'rotlucts C'oniniittcc's licscnrcli Lnbor:itory tlint tlic authors were n t one tiinc nssocintctl. 1)cscriptions arc givcii of the vnrious fornis of converter twployctl, ILS well RS details of tlicir operation. Altlioiigli n
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