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AN increase of 174 pages in this volume compared with the corresponding volume in the previous edition, published sixteen years ago, gives some indication of the advance in the chemistry of essential oils in recent years. Except for a short section of 55 pages on rubber, this book is practically confined to the subject of essential oils and resins. In its present form it is indispensable as a reference book. With a more intimate connexion between the sections than in earlier volumes, it has been possible to restrict the number of contributors so that more uniformity in the general treatment might be expected. The only British contributor is Ernest J. Parry, the well-known authority on essential oils. He has written the sections on (a) resins, (b) the constituents of essential oils and allied substances, and (c) the general characters and analysis of such substances. His contributions cover more than half the whole book.
Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis.
Edited by Samuel S. Sadtler Dr. Elbert C. Lathrop C. Ainsworth Mitchell. Vol. 4: Special Characters of Essential Oils; Resins, India-rubber, Gutta-percha, Balata, and allied Substances; the Constituents of Essential Oils, and allied Substances; the General Characters and Analysis of Essential Oils. By the Editors and the following contributors: E. K. Nelson, G. A. Russell, Ernest J. Parry, John B. Tuttle. Fifth edition, entirely rewritten. Pp. x + 648. (London: J. and A. Churchill, 1925.) 30s. net.
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REILLY, J. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis . Nature 118, 222 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118222a0
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