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basic standardization has been incorporated in this latest The author was encouraged to undertake this work by
edition. Every chapter has been expanded and updated Dr. James Villbrandt and the late Dr. v\l. A. Cunningham
with new material. and Dr. John J. McKetta. The latter two as well as the late
All of the chapters have been carefully reviewed and Dr. K. A. Kobe offered many suggestions to help establish
older (not necessarily obsolete) material removed and the usefulness of the material to the broadest group of
replaced by newer design techniques. 1t is important to engineers and as a teaching text.
appreciate that not all of the material has been replaced In addition, the author is deeply appreciative of the
because much of the so-called "older" material is still the courtesy of The Dow Chemical Co. for the use of certain
best there is today, and still yields good designs. Addition- noncredited materials and their release for publication. In
al charts and tables have been included to aid in the this regard, particular thanks is given to the late N. D. Gris-
design methods or explaining the design techniques. wold and Mr. J. E. Ross. The valuable contribution of asso-
The author is indebted to the many industrial firms that ciates in checking material and making suggestions is
have so generously made available certain valuable design gratefully acknowledged to H.F. Hasenbeck, L. T. McBeth,
data and information. Thus, credit is acknowledged at the E. R. Ketchum,]. D. Hajek, W.J. Evers, and D. A. Gibson.
appropriate locations in the text, except for the few cases The courtesy of the Rexall Chemical Co. to encourage
where a specific request was made to omit this credit. completion of the work is also gratefully appreciated.
Ernest E. Ludwig, P.E.

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