Charcoal and Charcoal Burning |
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Author:
| Kelley, D. W. |
Series title: | Shire Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-85263-731-9 |
Publication Date: | May 2012 |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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This book describes the rapid growth of the charcoal industry up to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and how the emphasis of development changed to the production and refining of charcoal's by-products - acetic acid, tar and wood spirit - for the textile industry and the rapidly growing chemical industries.
This book describes the rapid growth of the charcoal industry up to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and how the emphasis of development changed to the production and refining of charcoal's by-products - acetic acid, tar and wood spirit - for the textile industry and the rapidly growing chemical industries.