Download or read book A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils, Vol. 1 of 2 written by William Theodore Brannt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils, Vol. 1 of 2: Comprising Both Fixed and Volatile Oils, Their Physical and Chemical Properties and Uses, the Manner of Extracting and Refining Them, and Practical Rules for Testing Them Lubricants. This portion has been considerably enlarged by the addition of practical receipts for axle-greases and lubricants of all kinds, and it is hoped that it will prove of value to those interested in the subject. In brief, the object aimed at in the preparation of this edition has been to make it useful to all persons in any way interested in fats and oils, and especially so to analysts, pharmaceutists, chemists, manufacturers and technical students. 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.