The economics of power as applied to chemical engineering

✍ Scribed by Cibb, Alexander

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1928
• Weight: 548 KB
• Volume: 47
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000471302

✦ Synopsis

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