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by Rufus Frost Herrick (Author)
Essential reading for engineers, manufacturers and curious readers: Rufus Frost Herrick's exhaustive treatise maps the manufacture, composition, uses and legal context of industrial alcohol in numerous countries. A practical manual for industry. Written for practitioners but readable by the informed layperson, it combines concise tables, step-by-step methods and candid notes on apparatus, from alcohol motors and engines to illuminating lamps, heating and cooking stoves. Serving as both an industrial alcohol handbook and an alcohol manufacturing guide, the book doubles as a chemical engineering reference and a manual for engineers and chemists, useful to anyone interested in alcohol fuel applications or the practical uses of industrial solvents. Herrick wrote at a pivotal moment in early 20th century industry, when denatured alcohol regulations and emerging manufacturers sought reliable guidance. The volume preserves period detail on composition and manufacturing practice while cataloguing the laws that shaped trade and technology, including material relevant to United States alcohol law. Read as industrial chemistry history, it illuminates how alcohol moved from laboratory reagent to industrial solvent, fuel and illuminant. Technicians will find a manufacturers resource book and a hands-on engineers' reference for apparatus design; historians will value the account as a primary-source window into the commercial, technical and legal thinking that framed alcohol engines and stoves. It remains a striking chemical engineering reference for restoration projects and for anyone tracing the roots of alcohol fuel applications. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Casual readers encounter a vivid portrait of applied science; professionals encounter practical formulas, concise tables and reliable methods; classic-literature collectors add a restored heritage title that marries technical authority with archival charm. Collectors and specialist libraries will prize this restored exemplar. This edition presents a substantive industrial alcohol handbook and accessible chemical engineering reference from an era when chemistry and industry were reshaping everyday life.
