A practical treatise on animal and vegetable fats and oils :

comprising both fixed and volatile oils ... as well as the manufacture of artificial butter, lubricants, including mineral lubricating oils, etc., and on ozokerite. /
Ed. chiefly from the German of Drs. Karl Schaedler, G.W. Askinson, and Richard Brunner, with additions and lists of American patents relating to the extraction, rendering, refining, decomposing, and bleaching of fats and oils. By William T. Brannt.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Brannt, William T. (William Theodore), b. 1844.
Contributors: Schaedler, Karl, 1843-1891.
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Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Philadelphia : London : H.C. Baird & Co. ; 1888.
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington,
Subjects:
Notes:In 3 parts. Pt. 1, treats of fixed fats and oils, based upon "Die technologie der fette und oele des pflanzen und thierreichs," by Schaedler; pt. 2, volatile oils, taken from "Die fabrikation der aetherischen oele." by Askinson; pt. 3, lubricants, a portion of Schaedlers's work "Die technologie der fette und oele der fossilien" and a portion of "Die fabrikation der schmiermittel," by Brunner. Cf. Pref.

Physical description: xxviii, 739 p. : ill ; 24 cm.

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Table of Contents:
Fixed fats and oils ; Sources ; Physical properties ; Chemical constitution ; Manner of obtaining ; Purification ; Tallow ; Properties, Adulterations ; Waste ; Fats ; Bleaching ; Artificial butter, Oleomargarine, etc.
II. Volatile or essential oils ; Properties ; Manner of obtaining ; Description ; Testing
III. Lubricants ; Testing mineral oils ; Manufacture ; Appendix ; Ozokerite ; Patents (American).