The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1989 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 145
... importance . Naphthalene , quinoline , and tar acids , including phenol , cresols , and xylenols , are the most important of the chemicals . Anthracene is also recovered from the coal tar , but in smaller quantities than the other ...
... importance . Naphthalene , quinoline , and tar acids , including phenol , cresols , and xylenols , are the most important of the chemicals . Anthracene is also recovered from the coal tar , but in smaller quantities than the other ...
Page 268
... important exports . either owned or rented by the growers . Another important cash and export crop is bananas , grown particularly in the Caribbean coastal plain . Foreign multinational corpora- tions were the first in banana production ...
... important exports . either owned or rented by the growers . Another important cash and export crop is bananas , grown particularly in the Caribbean coastal plain . Foreign multinational corpora- tions were the first in banana production ...
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... important nonmetals are sand and gravel and stone . Manufacturing . Although Colorado is not heavily industrialized , manufacturing is the foundation of its economic well - being . In the second half of the 20th century , growth in manu ...
... important nonmetals are sand and gravel and stone . Manufacturing . Although Colorado is not heavily industrialized , manufacturing is the foundation of its economic well - being . In the second half of the 20th century , growth in manu ...
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