Excerpt from Destructive Distillation: A Manualette of the Paraffin, Coal Tar, Rosin Oil, Petroleum, and Kindred Industries Destructive distillation is a very ancient industry, whose intricate and numerous problems have been from time to time investigated by the ablest chemists. Its study has thus had a prominent influence in developing the science of Chemistry. This little book is the first to present as a whole the industry of destructive distillation. Its contents are the substance of a course of lectures delivered in Anderson's College, Glasgow, in 1875 - 76, and illustrated by actual inspection of many of the processes to which it refers. Students will profit most from its perusal who have such illustration at command; and manufacturers will, it is hoped, be interested in the modern principles of the science that underlies their processes, and reap some advantage from learning how others treat the very same problems that are presented to themselves. The author begs to express his sincere thanks to the managers of works and other friends who with much kindness, and sometimes with much trouble, have con tributed to his information on this important subject. 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.