3085.     SCHILLER, P.  Oil Synthesis in Relation to Electricity and Gas Supply.  Engineering, vol. 167, 1949, pp. 17-18; Fuel Abs., vol. 5, 1949, abs. 4976.

        Relative overall thermal efficiencies of coal carbonization and electricity generation are discussed and the coal-economy efficiencies of gas and electricity are compared.  There is every reason to expect the gradual replacement of natural petroleum products by synthetic products in the more distant future.  The manufacture of synthetic hydrocarbons from coal is considered in some detail, particularly from the economic standpoint.  A decline in the use of gas for domestic and industrial purposes is anticipated, but a far wider field for the carbonizing industry is expected in the combined carbonization and synthesis plants of the future.

        SCHINDLER, H.  See abs. 873, 874, 875, 876, 877, 878, 1477.