The simple formula for the vapour pressure of a mixture of two perfectly miscible liquids A and B, Fractional Distillation. By Prof. S. Young Pp. xii + 284. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1903.) ...

Currently the typical way that crude oil is processed involves a fractional distillation column, in which heated crude oil is separated into the various hydrocarbon compounds using distinct boiling… ...

THE expression ‘fractional distillation’ inevit-ably recalls the name of Young to the older generation, but his book was written before the days when the art was of industrial significance and ...