Excerpt from The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, 1917, Vol. 115: With Which Is Incorporated the Chemical "Gazette"; Journal of Practical Chemistry in All Its Application to Pharmacy, Arts, and Manufactures From the chemical departments of this and other colleges of science hundreds of the most public spirited and most enterprising students have gone into the ranks of the special brigade of the Royal Engineers, into explosive works, and into other factories dealing with munitions of war. Many have made the supreme sacrifice for their country's cause, and their survivors are all working willingly and cheerfully under very trying circumstances. 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.