Greater Kansas City (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Greater Kansas City Having commenced the production of heavier chem feals and having the natural resources. It was but a step to the production of chemicals used in art, science and medicine. The work grew with the added knowledge and increased interest. Until no laboratories in the world exceed those of the Greater Kansas City in extent. Finish and the quality of their productions. From the cheaper acids it was an easy process to the production of the salts and finally to the extraction of the active principles of drugs and minerals. Manufacturing chemists found a new field for their labors; one more profitable than they had ever found before. Reverting again to the glass industry. The establish ment of chemical laboratories called for bottles in which to store the goods when produced. Finding a good mar ket for phials of the smallest make up to carboys and demijohns. The glass men said if the people would buy their goods they would turn them out. With the civic pride which was the mainspring of the new movement, the people said yes. And the added importance of glass manufacture was the result. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.