Scaling Up: The Institution of Chemical Engineers and the Rise of a New Profession (Chemists and Chemistry)

by SeanF.Johnston (Author), Colin Divall (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2001

  $205.40

  The Industrial Revolution boosted activities such as soap-making, glassmaking and textiles production, which required increasing quantities of chemical products. By 1900, Britain was producing one quarter of the world's output with an annual production approaching one million tons.