REvlEw MARKET REPORT

SOAP;\~AKINC>1ANUAL. B!/ E. G . TIEOJISSEN, This mnrkct raport is compiled from spccinl inforinn-
P1i.D. P p . viiif243. N e i u I'ork : 1). v m tion rccoivccl by tho Sccrctnry from t h o Nonufncturcrs
Sostrand Co. ; Lolidon : Crosby Locklcood concerned.
uiid Xoii, 1923. Price 12s. (id. ?let. 7 ~ ~ l otliertciae
cm atutcd tlic pricea rliiokd below COCCI' Jtrir
I n this book, the matcrinl for ~vliiclinppcnrcd r/iicoititiee w t t o)td itcikerl ut sellera' icorku.
sonic tiinc ngo in tlic Aiiiericaii l'crjii~~icr uiitl U E N E R A L HEAVY CHEMICALS
E s s e d u l Oil Heuietu, tlic iiutlior l i i ~ vattcniptcti
to den1 with soi\l)-ii~iiki~~g ~ W O C ~ S S C Siuitl gly-
A continudon of rrccnt irnprovcmcnt in tlic.
tlrtriiuiil for clicmiciils is iiccoinpcuiicil by 11. f i i i i i
cerin rccovcry from tlic purely prncticiil stiuitl- tctrclcincy in prirm, cslwci~rllySO in tlic cnscs whew
point. \VIiilst 11111cli of the inforli1iitio1i is siippliw from C:crrntuiy slio\v i i falling OR. Xiiltcrs
necessarily of tlic usual kind nssociiitcd with tlic Imvu rtducvcl tho clclivcrc-cl prices of onc or t w o pro-
ordiii:iry test-boolt 011 soiCp 1tiiilitifiicttlrc, ir very tlut:ts i n coiiforinity with tho I)rotniscd reduction in
fair iiccount is giwn of procosscs ivliicli iiw, or rtrilwiiy riitcs frottl llny 1, t i t i t 1 liiivc thuS piLwc(1 on
hncc heed rcccntly in use i n niotlern priicticc. tlic iiilwintiigtt to 1 J i l J T I W whcrc liosdilc. 'l'lic position
Acct ic :\t:itl is l i t jwcsi-nt piirticuliirly uncertirin, IW
A prncticnl clcscription is given of tlic ortlitinry of l i n t ieilititetl lrrrgo tlcrniirid in r\rncricir I I I L ~ rcsitltccl iri
I)oiling iwoeess, xhich shows it working lie- 11 rcportetl iulniticu of Acctitto of 1,irnc to irlioi~tf33
qunititaticc \vitli tlic aubjcct, irritl tlic snpmii- lwr ton. iuitl the stirto of thc rnnrlrct is now cliaotic
ficntioii of rosin nrid tlic prc~)nriitioiiof " closccl " wit 11 priict icidly not.liit~gtr\*iiilsble.
OP " g l ~ ~ d"- SOILIIS ~ p iirc trctitcd slitisfiictorily.
Cold i)rocess, Iiiilf-boilotl s o ~ i p ,slin\~ingsonps
wid crennis nrc trcntcd iti tlic con\~cntional
iiiwincr, h t in tlic scctioii 011 trcinsparcnt soiips
tlic author's asscrtioii tliiit tlicy iirc of little use
:\dllytlrcicliloric
b c c i ~ s cthe). lliust contiiiii ill1 C S ~ W S of irlkiili Acid Sitric ..
cilllllot, of C o l I r s C , 1lG 11cccptctl. h i i l Siilpliuric . .
Tlic \vliolc of tlie inforiiiiition regnrtlitig tlie
conipositioii nnrl nnturc of Iioiiscliold niid
Ii~u~itlry sonps is obviously writtcn for Atiicriciin
rciidcrs, i i ~ i t l the oils iiritl fats lire riot ncccs-
snrily tliosc used for corresponding sonps in
~ S I I K I ~ C Tlic
. scctioii 011 tcstilc soii11s i. l i d
sirtisfnctory ;iiitl in sonic respects tlic book is
very uiic\-ciiJy writton, t!ic desirc to be practical
ovcrcoaiiiig i n some ciiscs tlic clciiriicss of tlic
test.
The chirpter 011 glycerin rccovcry is niucli on
. tlic ordimry lines, but tlic optimism of that
tlcnling \vitli tlic future of liycirogci~ntcdoils 11s
sonpuulriog tiiiitcriirls is quite out of dtitc, tlic
iiiformiition coiitniticcl tlierciii bcing tlic views
of twelve or fiftccn ~ ~ago.r s
Tlic liittcr linlf of tlic booli is occupictl with
simplc niinlytical krtn iiiid n coniplctc rcport of
the stiiiidord iiictliotls of riiiulysis of coiiiiiicrcial
fats iuid oils iidoptcd by tlic Amcriciiii Clieriiiciil
Society .
The illiistr~itioiis,wliicli iirc all pliiced i L t tlie
ciitl of tlie book, nltliougli poorly priiitcd, rc-
prcseiit up-to-date inncliincry iii n iiiodcrn
diiicriciiii factory. An iippcndis also conttiins
i L collcction of tiiblcs of strengths of solutioiis
iiiid spccific gmvitics, cind vliilst, on tlw \vliolc
tllc book Ciililiot bo sirid to co1ititili 1 i i 1 ~ 1that i is
INN^, it is niorc prLrctica1 tlicin Inaiiy wliicli lii~vc
been publislicd 011 tlic suIJjcct.
Y. G . ltlXso1,us

A t tho rccctit Toroiito iiicctiiig of tlic h i e r i c a n

l3ioclicniicnl Sociuty, P, A. Schnffur \\'as olectcd
jwcsidoiit, i ~ i i : l H. C. SIicr~~iuii,viccprcsidciit,
for 1923.