Author: Edward Thorpe

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-10-27

Total Pages: 766

ISBN-13: 9781396834073

Excerpt from A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry, Vol. 1 It has become a truism to say that Applied Chemistry has exercised a profound influence on the character and direction of the war. It is equally true that the war has exercised a great influence on Applied Chemistry. It has led to an enormous expansion, more or less permanent, of certain branches, both in this country and abroad. New products have been made, -new processes have been devised, and established methods have been improved and extended. In spite of the economic and other evils which have followed in its train, there can be no doubt that the war will be found to have permanently affected for good the progress of manufacturing chemistry in this country, and indeed in all English speaking countries. Whilst the disturbance and strain of the past half-dozen years have seriously affected the development of pure science and the output of chemical research, Applied Chemistry has been quickened in certain directions. The financial and industrial collapse which has overthrown our late enemies will it may be presumed, tend still further to accelerate the expansion of our own chemical manufactures. Germany, for the present at all events, no longer holds the supreme position in certain branches in chemical industry that she enjoyed prior to 1914, and it may be doubted whether, under her altered social and economic conditions, she will ever recover it. It is too soon to be in a position to chronicle all the results, as regards chemical manufacture, which have arisen from the intensive application of chemists during the past strenuous years. Much is of a character that in the present disturbed state of the world it would be inexpedient to make public. On certain matters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.