Understanding hi-fi circuits: by Norman H. Crowhurst. 224 pages, diagrams, 512 × 812 in. New York, Gernsback Library, Inc., 1957. Price: $2.90 (paper); $5.00 (cloth)

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1957
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 80 KB
• Volume: 264
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/0016-0032(57)91001-3

✦ Synopsis

The author discusses the chemistry of plants in such a way as to interest research workers in medicine, agriculture, food processing and the manufacturing of chemicals for fungicides, insecticides and phytocides. Twelve chapters cover, for example, carbohydrates (in which gums amd mucilages are treated), proteins, lipides (including essential oils), plant pigments, enzymes, hormones, glycosides, vitamins, etc. References to other works in the field are given at the end of each chapter.