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        Survey of literature dealing with initiation and development of the petroleum-chemicals industry.  Chapters 2-5 deal with the chemistry of the paraffins (chapter 2 treats particularly of the synthesis and reactions of CO-H₂ mixtures are exemplified by the Fischer-Tropsch, the Hydrocol, and the Synol processes).  Chapters 6-10 treat of the manufacture of olefins and the chemical developments based on them (chapter 10 discusses briefly the reaction of CO and H₂ with olefins, the so-called Oxo process).  The manufacture of diolefins, naphthenes, aromatics and acetylene is discussed in chapters 11-14.