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THE book is put forward as a manual for chemists and engineers interested, but not specialists, in the subject of liquid fuels. Mineral oils, shale, tar oil, benzole, alcohol and vegetable oils and their manufacture are briefly described. Their behaviour, singly and admixed, in internal combustion engines is treated in considerable detail, both for engines with spark and compression ignition. Then follows the preparation and use of heavier oils for external combustion, including domestic heating and lighting. The value of the section on analysis and testing is increased by the author's comments on the significance of results of the various tests.
Liquid Fuels:
their Manufacture, Properties, Utilisation and Analysis; a Practical Treatise for Engineers and Chemists. By Harold Moore. Pp. viii + 264 + 4 plates. (London: The Technical Press, Ltd., 1935.) 21s. net.
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H., H. Technology. Nature 136, 598 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136598c0
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