Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Technical Publication of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, 1917-1918: Volumes 17 and 18
In the conduct of the investigation form letters were sent to every wood distillation plant in the State to obtain information upon woods used, equipment, methods and costs, daily and annual capacities and yields in charcoal, wood alcohol and acetate of lime. Personal visits have also been made to most of the twenty-five plants in New York State as well as several in other states and information has 'been checked up by a number of those prominent in the industry. 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.