Excerpt from Alien Property Custodian: May 4, 1943 In Operating with rotary boilers, for example in the production of semi-cellulose from straw and similar grasses, it has also been proposed to displace the air from the fibrous material sat ureted with a minimum of alkali solution, as well as from the boiler itself, by means of steam, and to apply then fresh steam. It is likewise not novel in the art to boil straw and other grasses, using a rotary boiler, in the presence of excess alkali solution, with super heated steam. 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.