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Chemical Foundations: Alkali Industry in Britain to 1926 (Oxford research studies in geography)
Chemical Foundations Alkali Industry in Britain to 1926 - Oxford research studies in geography Author:Kenneth Warren The alkali industry was one of the success stories of Britain's industrial growth in the first half of the nineteenth century and was the base on which the modern chemical industry was founded. Until a century ago Britain led the world in chemicals and this book is a study of the industry's rise and subsequent decline until the formation of ICI ... more »in 1926.« less