RefNoMS/527/5/6/4
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TitleLetter from Sir Frederic Nathan, of the Ministry of Munitions, to William B Hardy
Date16 April 1917
DescriptionWould like to talk with Henri Dreyfus, but does not see that it is feasible to provide the plant needed for manufacturing alcohol from carbide -- notes that experiments are being conducted on the substitution of carbide for alcohol -- if successful, enough carbide should be procured to supply an acetone-making factory.
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