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Salt and the Chemical Revolution

By George Twigg

Contents

• 1 Eighteenth Century Saltmaking - Salt and the Salt Tax
  • 1.1 The Salt Tax
  • 1.2 Inland White Salt
  • 1.3 Open Pan Salt Technology in 18th century
• 2 Salt Making after the Salt Tax
• 3 Salt as an Industrial Chemical
• 4 Nineteenth Century Salt Making
  • 4.1 The Entrepreneurs
  • 4.2 Tricks of the Trade
  • 4.3 Developments in Salt Making Technology
• 5 The Vacuum Process
• 6 Vacuum Evaporator Design and Operation
• 7 The Development of Vacuum Evaporation in the UK
• 8 Salt Making in the 20th century
• 9 The Salt-Based Chemical Industry
• 10 The Leblanc Process
• 11 The Ammonia-Soda Process
• 12 The Electrolysis of Brine