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The Century Books of Useful Science
CREATIVE CHEMISTRY
DESCRIPTIVE OF RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
BY
EDWIN E. SLOSSON, M.S., PH.D.
LITERARY EDITOR OF THE INDEPENDENT, ASSOCIATE IN COLUMBIA SCHOOL OFJOURNALISM
Author of "Great American Universities," "Major Prophets of Today," "SixMajor Prophets," "On Acylhalogenamine Derivatives and the BeckmannRearrangement," "Composition of Wyoming Petroleum," etc.
WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
Copyright, 1919, by
THE CENTURY CO.
Copyright, 1917, 1918, 1919, by
THE INDEPENDENT CORPORATION
Published, October, 1919
From "America's Munitions"THE PRODUCTION OF NEW AND STRONGER FORMS OF STEEL IS ONE OF THE GREATESTTRIUMPHS OF MODERN CHEMISTRY
The photograph shows the manufacture of a 12-inch gun at the plant ofthe Midvale Steel Company during the late war. The gun tube, 41 feetlong, has just been drawn from the furnace where it was tempered atwhite heat and is now ready for quenching.