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...methyl and amyl. Ethyl alcohol is grain alcohol, and may be used socially (as in cocktails) as well as industrially. Methyl alcohol is wood alcohol, made by distillation of the gases which escape from burning wood. Unlike ethyl, methyl is immediately poisonous, almost instantaneously fatal. Amyl alcohol is a by-product of ethyl, is an acrid, evil-smelling substance commonly known as fusel oil, and is a comparatively unimportant member of the alcohol family. Industrial alcohol is ethyl alcohol denatured by the addition of methyl alcohol to make it unfit for beverage purposes. There are other denaturants, such as sulphuric...
...colorful Cornell Sun has succeeded in ignoring the main point of the Corporation's mysterious endowment plan, but the by-product of individual professionalism is nearly as interesting as the topic of large-scale commercialization. The development of a plan of abolishing gate receipts would naturally be paralleled by a furthering of intramural athletics, and an ultimate goal of the least possible intercollegiate sport. If this were carried through to perfection, the problem of individual professionalism would be settled finally; for the spirit that moves anxious alumni to subscribe to funds that will aid so-and-so to stay...
...important by-product of the Jones missionary work is the impending disintegration of India's rock-ribbed caste system. The Nationalist movement and infiltrations of Western civilization have already shaken it. But, says Dr. Jones. Christianity's recognition of individuals and their equality in the sight of God will deal the most telling blow...
...response to a question as to what steps a young author should take to acquire style, Mr. Wilder said. "Style is a by-product of personality, and in my opinion nothing can harm the notation of one's personality, which is style, so much as the technical study of organization, paragraphing, periodic sentences, and specific details. The technical side of style should be learned almost unconsciously on the tide of one's tremendous nourishing enthusiasm for certain authors of one's own choice
Casein is a proteid of the nucleoalbumin group, existing in the milk of various animals, and an important by-product in the cheese industry. Pure casein is a white crumbling acid substance, used as a substitute for albumin in calico printing and for glue in cements. Last week members of the House Ways and Means Committee learned about casein and about many another product. For. to the committee came farmers, manufacturers, representatives of many U. S. industries...