Scaling Up: The Institution of Chemical Engineers and the Rise of a New Profession

by Sean F. Johnston and Colin Divall

Book Overview

Precursors of the modern chemical industry began to emerge in Northern Europe in the middle of the eighteenth century. The Industrial Revolution boosted activities such as soap-making, glassmaking and textiles production, which required increasing quantities of chemical products. The Lead Chamber process for the manufacture of sulphuric acid, required for the production of dye, was developed in the 1740s by John Roebuck then based in Birmingham. Production...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792366921
• ISBN13: 9780792366928
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"