Name: THE HISTORY, PRODUCTS, AND PROCESSES OF THE ALKALI TRADE
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THE HISTORY, PRODUCTS, AND PROCESSES OF THE ALKALI TRADE

by Charles Thomas Kingzett

Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. Circa. 1882

Good condition. Including the most recent improvements. A concise but comprehensive account of the largest (at the time) branch of chemical industry of this country. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams, some fold-out. 247 pages plus publication list to rear of book.

Ex-lib; library label to front pastedown and stamps to first few pages. Light page browning else contents clean. One plate detached (but still present). Corners worn. Some light wrinking of cloth to front cover. Publication list to rear is dated 1882.

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Introduction
Pyrites, sulphur, and nitrate, and the history of the manufacture of sulphuric acid to 1840
Manufacture of sulphuric acid
The treatment of burnt pyrites; extraction of copper, silver, and gold; the manufacture of sulphate of copper
Historical sketch of alkali manufacture
Manufacture of salt, sulphate of sodium, and hydrochloric acid
Manufacture of carbonate and bicarbonate of sodium
Manufacture of caustic soda
Alkali waste; regeneration of the sulphur; manufacture of hyposulphite of sodium
Soda processes other than Leblanc's; including the 'ammonia process'
Manufacture of soap
Historical notes on the bleaching industry
The old process of manufacturing chlorine
Weldon's chlorine process (a)
Weldon's magnesia chlorine process (b)
Deacon's and other chlorine processes
Manufacture of bleaching powder, bleaching liquor, chlorate of potassium and epsom salts
General considerations regarding the alkali trade; chemical climatology, etc.
Statistics of the alkali trade