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glieder, bearbeitet yon Professor Fr. Herbst. 60 pages, illustrations, plates, quarto. Berlin, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, I9I3. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey, Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist. Biennial Report of the State Geologist, I9II-I2. II8 pages, 8vo. Raleigh, State Printers, I9I 3. School of Mines and Metallurgy, University off Missouri, Bulletin, March, I9~3. Catalogue I912-I 3. i37 pages, plate, 8vo. Rolla, Mo., t913. Vice Commission of Philadelphia, a Report on Existing Conditions, with Recommendations to the Honorable Rudolph Blankenburg, Mayor of Philadelphia. I64 pages, 8vo. Philadelphia, published by the Commission, I913. Alaska Mine Inspector, First Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 3o, IQI2. 24 pages, tables, 8vo. Washington, Government Printing Office, I9I 3. U. S. Bureau of Mines: Technical Paper I4, Apparatus for Gas-Analysis Laboratories at Coal Mines, by George A. Burrell and Frank M. Seibert. 24 pages, illustrations, 8vo. Rules and Regulations to Govern the Coal Mines at Gebo, Wyo., leased to the Owl Creek Coal Company. 13 pages,.8vo. Monthly Statement of Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, January, February, and March, I913. Compiled by Albert H. Fay. II pages, 8vo. Washington, Government Printing Of~ce, I9I 3.
Utilization of Peat. F. M. PERKIN. (Chem. Trade ]ourn., lii, 8 9 . ) J T h i s article considers the utilization of peat as a highgrade fuel under certain conditions; as a source of charcoal, with the formation of gas of high calorific value, and ammonia and tar as by-products; and further as a source of power gas.
The Oil Situation in N o r t h e r n Alberta. WM. FISHER. (Petroleum Rev., xxvii, 323.)--Inconceivably large quantities of gas have been discovered. One well has been burning with terrific force for 15 years. The gas pressure is 795 pounds per square inch, and the flow is 68,000,000 cubic feet per 24 hours. Enormous deposits of tar sands have been found.
The First Attempt at the Synthesis of Nitric Acid. C. MATIGNON. (Rev. Scientifique, No. 12, 3 6 o . ) - - M a d a m e Louise J. P. B. Lefebvre, of Paris, took out an English patent, dated April 26, 1859, under the title " Improvements in the manufacture of nitric acid and its application to the production of artificial nitrates and nitrites." Briefly, one flask is inverted over another flask. In the upper flask two poles of a battery are fixed from which an electric spark is flashed, which decomposes the air in the flask. Air is passed in a continuous current. The nitrogen oxides formed are absorbed by water or an alkaline solution in the lower flask; this water is decomposed by the electric current and so furnishes oxygen to combine with the atmospheric nitrogen.
PUBLICATIONS I'~ECEIVED.
glieder, bearbeitet yon Professor Fr. Herbst. 60 pages, illustrations, plates, quarto. Berlin, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, I9I3. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey, Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist. Biennial Report of the State Geologist, I9II-I2. II8 pages, 8vo. Raleigh, State Printers, I9I 3. School of Mines and Metallurgy, University off Missouri, Bulletin, March, I9~3. Catalogue I912-I 3. i37 pages, plate, 8vo. Rolla, Mo., t913. Vice Commission of Philadelphia, a Report on Existing Conditions, with Recommendations to the Honorable Rudolph Blankenburg, Mayor of Philadelphia. I64 pages, 8vo. Philadelphia, published by the Commission, I913. Alaska Mine Inspector, First Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 3o, IQI2. 24 pages, tables, 8vo. Washington, Government Printing Office, I9I 3. U. S. Bureau of Mines: Technical Paper I4, Apparatus for Gas-Analysis Laboratories at Coal Mines, by George A. Burrell and Frank M. Seibert. 24 pages, illustrations, 8vo. Rules and Regulations to Govern the Coal Mines at Gebo, Wyo., leased to the Owl Creek Coal Company. 13 pages,.8vo. Monthly Statement of Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, January, February, and March, I913. Compiled by Albert H. Fay. II pages, 8vo. Washington, Government Printing Of~ce, I9I 3.
Utilization of Peat. F. M. PERKIN. (Chem. Trade ]ourn., lii, 8 9 . ) J T h i s article considers the utilization of peat as a highgrade fuel under certain conditions; as a source of charcoal, with the formation of gas of high calorific value, and ammonia and tar as by-products; and further as a source of power gas.
The Oil Situation in N o r t h e r n Alberta. WM. FISHER. (Petroleum Rev., xxvii, 323.)--Inconceivably large quantities of gas have been discovered. One well has been burning with terrific force for 15 years. The gas pressure is 795 pounds per square inch, and the flow is 68,000,000 cubic feet per 24 hours. Enormous deposits of tar sands have been found.
The First Attempt at the Synthesis of Nitric Acid. C. MATIGNON. (Rev. Scientifique, No. 12, 3 6 o . ) - - M a d a m e Louise J. P. B. Lefebvre, of Paris, took out an English patent, dated April 26, 1859, under the title " Improvements in the manufacture of nitric acid and its application to the production of artificial nitrates and nitrites." Briefly, one flask is inverted over another flask. In the upper flask two poles of a battery are fixed from which an electric spark is flashed, which decomposes the air in the flask. Air is passed in a continuous current. The nitrogen oxides formed are absorbed by water or an alkaline solution in the lower flask; this water is decomposed by the electric current and so furnishes oxygen to combine with the atmospheric nitrogen.