The Principles Of Its Generation And Use

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Author

Butterfield, W. J. Atkinson (William John Atkinson)

Title

Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power

Credits

Produced by Richard Prairie, Tonya Allen, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

TP: Technology: Chemical technology

Subject

Acetylene

Category

Text

eBook-No.

8144

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8144

Release Date

May 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ACETYLENE
2. 2.W. J. ATKINSON BUTTERFIELD, M.A. — AUTHOR OF "THE CHEMISTRY OF GAS MANUFACTURE" — Second Edition — REVISED AND ENLARGED
3. 3.PREFATORY NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION
4. 4.NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION — ACETYLENE
5. 5.CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTORY--THE COST AND ADVANTAGES OF ACETYLENE LIGHTING
6. 6.CHAPTER II — THE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE REACTION BETWEEN CARBIDE AND WATER
7. 7.CHAPTER III — THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ACETYLENE GENERATION--ACETYLENE GENERATING APPARATUS
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — THE SELECTION OF AN ACETYLENE GENERATOR
9. 9.CHAPTER V — THE TREATMENT OF ACETYLENE AFTER GENERATION
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ACETYLENE
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — MAINS AND SERVICE-PIPES--SUBSIDIARY APPARATUS
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — COMBUSTION OF ACETYLENE IN LUMINOUS BURNERS--THEIR DISPOSITION
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — INCANDESCENT BURNERS--HEATING APPARATUS--MOTORS--AUTOGENOUS SOLDERING
14. 14.CHAPTER X — CARBURETTED ACETYLENE
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — COMPRESSED AND DISSOLVED ACETYLENE--MIXTURES WITH OTHER GASES
16. 16.CHAPTER XII — SUNDRY USES
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII — PORTABLE ACETYLENE LAMPS AND PLANT
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV — VALUATION AND ANALYSIS OF CARBIDE
19. 19.APPENDIX
20. 20.INDEX
21. 21.INDEX TO APPENDIX

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