Creative Chemistry: Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries

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 OF JOURNALISM - Author of "Great American Universities," "Major Prophets of Today," "Six Major Prophets," "On Acylhalogenamine Derivatives and the Beckmann Rearrangement," "Composition of Wyoming Petroleum," etc. - WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS

A CARD OF THANKS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION - BY JULIUS STIEGLITZ - Formerly President of the American Chemical Society, Professor of Chemistry in The University of Chicago

CREATIVE CHEMISTRY

I. THREE PERIODS OF PROGRESS

II. NITROGEN - PRESERVER AND DESTROYER OF LIFE

III. FEEDING THE SOIL

IV. COAL-TAR COLORS

V. SYNTHETIC PERFUMES AND FLAVORS