Table of Contents

WELCOME

Introductionand Overview!

Whatis Chemical Engineering?

THEPAST & PRESENT

Settingthe Stage for a New Profession

TheStruggle for Survival

ACentury of Contributions

CHARTS& TABLES

SulfuricAcid Production, The Gage of Industry!

AIChE& The Future

Growthof Chemical Engineering Education

Nitrogen:Food or Flames?

Oil,Energy, and Petrochemicals

Engineering& Scientific Wages and Populations

CASESTUDY: PETROLEUM

Originsof the Industry

Oil& Engineers

ModernRefining

Distillation

APPENDIX

Timeline

Bibliography

WORLDWIDE WEB

ExternalLinks

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