Chemical and Petroleum Industries at Newtown Creek: History and Technology Spellane Peter
Chemical and Petroleum Industries at Newtown Creek: History and Technology Spellane Peter This book reconstructs Newtown Creek's industrial expansion during the period that began in the 1840s and…
Specifikacia Chemical and Petroleum Industries at Newtown Creek: History and Technology Spellane Peter
Chemical and Petroleum Industries at Newtown Creek: History and Technology Spellane Peter
This book reconstructs Newtown Creek's industrial expansion during the period that began in the 1840s and continued through the early years of the 20th century: in that period, production of reagent chemicals and materials grew as practitioners, alert to advances in chemical science, developed and applied increasingly sophisticated production technologies. Industrial practice progressed from the recovery of animal tissues to the refining of petroleum and production of high-purity metals from mineral ores. Advances in methods of production and growth in volume of materials produced along Newtown Creek in the second half of the 19th century had profound consequence for the practice of industrial chemistry in the United States and for the economic vitality of the City of New York.
With attention to each company's technical expertise and principal products, this book examines the