A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry

Abstract

THE “Dictionary of Applied Chemistry” has now become so indispensable to workers in pure as well as in applied chemistry that it can be stated without fear of contradiction that no library either in the university or in the works can be regarded as complete without it. The appearance of the second volume of the new edition following so closely on that of the first will therefore be welcomed, and will be taken as an indication that the remaining volumes will be published with equal rapidity. The first feature which is noticeable in the new volume is the decrease in size and the increased handiness compared with the corresponding volume of the last edition. This result has been attained by reducing the number of pages by about eighty and by using a thinner paper, the general effect being to produce a volume which can be held in the hand readily without fatigue. It follows, although it is not specifically stated, that the publishers intend to issue the dictionary in six or more volumes instead of the five which have hitherto sufficed.

A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry.

By Sir Edward Thorpe. Assisted by Eminent Contributors. Vol. 2: Calculi to Explosion. Revised and enlarged edition. Pp. viii + 717. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1921.) 60s. net.