Abstract
AN account of some processes for the utilisation of peat, particularly as a fuel, with references to German patents is given in the volume under notice. The mechanical details are better dealt with than the chemistry, which is often ludicrously inaccurate. The translator, indeed, often remarks on the latter point, and on the inaccuracy of the calculations, but makes no attempt to put things right. Some of the illustrations (e.g. Figs. 16, 46 - which seem to be repeated in 54, 68, 69, 71, etc.) are very poorly reproduced. In spite of obvious defects the book contains a large amount of practical information not otherwise available in English, and will be of value to those interested in peat utilisation. An appendix, giving a reasoned account of the complete failure of some recent schemes, would have been instructive. The statistical information should be compared with that contained in the Final Report of the Nitrogen Products Committee, which is probably more accurate.
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Fuel Research Board. A Handbook on the Winning and the Utilisation of Peat.
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Hausding
By. Translated from the Third German Edition by Prof. Hugh Ryan. Pp. xxiii + 506. (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1921.) 30s. net.
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Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Fuel Research Board A Handbook on the Winning and the Utilisation of Peat . Nature 109, 774 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109774a0
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