Download or read book A Manual of Flotation Processes (Classic Reprint) written by Arthur F. Taggart and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Manual of Flotation Processes Flotation concentration includes within its scope almost as many processes as all other methods of ore concentration combined, the only elements common to all the processes being selection, or concentration, and separation of the concentrate from the tailing by flotation of the former. Widespread understanding of the physical principles underlying flotation phenomena and of the diversity of flotation processes has been delayed for divers reasons. The apparent complexity of the phenomena and the difficulties of investigation are sufficient to explain some of the delay, but much of it is chargeable to the stand of patent-owning corporations in their attempt to establish a monopoly on flotation processes. These companies have steadfastly opposed dissemination of knowledge of the art by their employees and licensees, notwithstanding the moral and legal duty of a patentee to make full and truthful disclosure of all he knows concerning the subject matter of his patent; by threats of litigation sown broadcast they have succeeded in causing a veil of secrecy to surround the operations of non-licensees; and by their unfounded claims that all flotation processes prior to that described in U.S. Patent 835, 120 were laboratory curiosities or commercial failures, and that those subsequently discovered were merely improvements of that process, they have caused the spread of wrong ideas on the part of many of those interested. 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.