2184.     ---------------.  [MARTIN, F.]  [Development of the Synthesis of Hydrocarbons From Water Gas.]  Chem. Fabrik, vol. 12, 1939, pp. 233-240; British Chem. Abs., 1939, B, p. 905; Chem. Abs., vol. 33, 1939, p. 5630.

        Methods of producing the gas from various fuels are reviewed and illustrated with cuts of apparatus.  The effects of temperature, pressure, contact substance and the time of contact on the nature of the synthetic products are discussed.  There is a suitable process available for the production of the gas from virtually every type of fuel, and with well-purified gas the synthesis of the primary hydrocarbons is independent of the sources of the gas.