Front matter

COMMON COMMODITIES AND INDUSTRIES SERIES

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TEA. By A. Ibbetson

COFFEE. By B. B. Keable

SUGAR. By Geo. Martineau, C.B.

OILS. By C. Ainsworth Mitchell, B.A., F.I.C.

WHEAT. By Andrew Millar

RUBBER. By C. Beadle and H. P. Stevens, M.A., Ph.D., F.I.C.

IRON AND STEEL. By C. Hood

COPPER. By H. K. Picard

COAL. By Francis H. Wilson, M.Inst., M.E.

TIMBER. By W. Bullock

COTTON. By R. J. Peake

SILK. By Luther Hooper

WOOL. By J. A. Hunter

LINEN. By Alfred S. Moore

TOBACCO. By A. E. Tanner

LEATHER. By K. J. Adcock

KNITTED FABRICS. By J. Chamberlain and J. H. Quilter

CLAYS. By Alfred B. Searle

PAPER. By Harry A. Maddox

SOAP. By William A. Simmons, B.Sc. (Lond.), F.C.S.

THE MOTOR INDUSTRY. By Horace Wyatt, B.A.

GLASS AND GLASS MAKING. By Percival Marson

GUMS AND RESINS. By E. J. Parry, B.Sc., F.I.C., F.C.S.

THE BOOT AND SHOE INDUSTRY. By J. S. Harding

GAS AND GAS MAKING. By W. H. Y. Webber

FURNITURE. By H. E. Binstead

COAL TAR. By A. R. Warnes

PETROLEUM. By A. Lidgett

SALT. By A. F. Calvert

ZINC. By T. E. Lones, M.A., LL.D., B.Sc.

PHOTOGRAPHY. By Wm. Gamble

ASBESTOS. By A. Leonard Summers

SILVER. By Benjamin White

CARPETS. By Reginald S. Brinton

PAINTS AND VARNISHES. By A. S. Jennings

CORDAGE AND CORDAGE HEMP AND FIBRES. By T. Woodhouse and P. Kilgour

ACIDS AND ALKALIS. By G. H. J. Adlam

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PITMAN’S COMMON COMMODITIES AND INDUSTRIES

ACIDS, ALKALIS AND SALTS

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