Charcoal and Charcoal Burning by Dw Kelley

Charcoal and Charcoal Burning by Dw Kelley

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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.

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Charcoal and Charcoal Burning by Dw Kelley

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.
D W Kelley has been involved in the charcoal industry for many years. He joined the oldest and largest British manufacturer, Shirley Aldred & Company Ltd, in 1959 was Managing Director from 1969 to 1983. He has been Chairman of the former National Associatin of Charcoal Manufacturers and is Chairman of the British Charcoal and Coppice Group.
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ISBN 13 9780852637319
ISBN 10 0852637314
Title Charcoal and Charcoal Burning
Author Dw Kelley
Series Shire Library
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2002-02-01
Number of pages 32
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.