Millions from Waste
by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
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About this eBook
- Author
- Talbot, Frederick Arthur Ambrose, 1880-1924
- Original Publication
- United States: J. B. Lipincott Company,1920.
- Credits
- deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TP: Technology: Chemical technology
- Subject
- Salvage (Waste, etc.)
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 67837
- Release Date
- April 15, 2022
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.MILLIONS FROM WASTE
- 2.Untitled
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.Millions from Waste
- 6.CHAPTER I WASTE: ITS RELATION TO COMMERCE AND NATIONAL ECONOMY
- 7.CHAPTER II THE GERMAN CONQUEST OF WASTE
- 8.CHAPTER III SALVAGE FROM THE ARMY SWILL-TUB
- 9.CHAPTER IV THE RECLAMATION OF MILITARY ORGANIC WASTE
- 10.CHAPTER V INVENTION IN ITS APPLICATION TO WASTE RECOVERY
- 11.CHAPTER VI SAVING THE SCRAP FROM THE SEA
- 12.CHAPTER VII WINNING WEALTH FROM SLAUGHTER-HOUSE OFFAL, CONDEMNED MEAT BONES, AND BLOOD
- 13.CHAPTER VIII TURNING WASTES INTO PAPER
- 14.CHAPTER IX SUPPLYING INDUSTRIES FROM THE DUST-BIN
- 15.CHAPTER X LIVING ON WASTE
- 16.CHAPTER XI POTATO WASTE AS AN ASSET TO INDUSTRY
- 17.CHAPTER XII CONVERTING NITROGENOUS REFUSE INTO SOAP
- 18.CHAPTER XIII TURNING OLD OIL INTO NEW — FOOTNOTES:
- 19.CHAPTER XIV BY-PRODUCTS FROM THE WASTE-BIN
- 20.CHAPTER XV THE LIFTING-MAGNET AS A WASTE DEVELOPING FORCE
- 21.CHAPTER XVI RECLAIMING 321,000,000 GALLONS OF LIQUID FUEL FROM COAL
- 22.CHAPTER XVII FERTILIZERS FROM WASTES
- 23.CHAPTER XVIII SAVING THE SEWAGE SLUDGE
- 24.CHAPTER XIX HOUSE-BUILDING WITH WASTES
- 25.CHAPTER XX THE FUTURE OF THE WASTE PROBLEM: POSSIBILITIES FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT — Transcriber’s Notes
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