Excerpt from Chemical Industries of Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden Although the Kingdom of Belgium occupies a small area, its industrial activity places it relatively in the foremost rank among manufacturing countries. This position dates, in fact, far back in the history of the land long before the establishment of the present political organization. The development of the chemical industries of Belgium has kept fairly even pace with the evolution of the textile, metallurgical, and other interests. While not so diversified as in Germany, they still constitute an important source of national wealth and form the basis for a large and profitable international movement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.