Denatured or industrial alcohol; a treatise on the history, manufacture, composition, uses, and possibilities of industrial alcohol in the various countries permitting its use and the laws and regulat

Practical, unsentimental and arrestingly thorough - a single work that maps the manufacture, law and uses of denatured alcohol across nations. Essential for engineers and chemists. Rufus Frost Herrick’s treatise reads as both a hands-on industrial alcohol handbook and a clear chemical engineering reference: meticulous methods, concise tables and pragmatic notes guide manufacturers, engineers and apparatus makers through alcohol manufacturing processes and practical alcohol applications. It documents composition, production techniques and the machinery of fuel and light, supplying an alcohol apparatus manual that addresses motors, engines, illuminating lamps and cooking and heating stoves with uncommon technical clarity.It contains concise tables and step-by-step methods aimed squarely at the engineer, chemist and manufacturer, and its notes on apparatus manufacture make it an indispensable alcohol apparatus manual. Readers will find guidance on blending and denaturing, on the construction and operation of alcohol motors and engines, and practical chapters on illuminating lamps and domestic stoves that reveal industrial problem-solving of the period. Beyond procedure, the book is a legal and regulatory digest, reporting denatured alcohol regulations and the United States alcohol laws of its day, and so it doubles as a resource for anyone tracing policy as well as practice. For readers fascinated by historical alcohol production, the treatise offers a primary-source portrait of industry in transition - an archival vantage on early 20th century industry when chemists and engineers translated laboratory chemistry into commercial power. The prose remains purposeful and surprisingly approachable: accessible to curious lay readers while retaining the precision scholars and classic-literature collectors seek. Practical enough for the workshop, scholarly enough for the study, it earns a place in any industrial chemistry collection.Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.