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Word: batavian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1937-1937
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...pandora box of industry last week. The process simply requires distillation in a vacuum. This is an engineering feat so new that few industrialists know that it exists or what it means. Patents belong to English and Dutch concerns (Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd.. Batavian Petroleum Co.). In the U. S., Eastman Kodak Co. is using the method to refine organic mixtures like cod liver oil, which decompose before they boil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Vacuum Distillation | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

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