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THE appearance of a new edition of “Thorpe” arouses mixed feelings. Chemists will welcome what they know will be a lucid exposition of the latest information regarding a host of chemical subjects, compiled by experts, but this welcome must be tempered by the fact that the authors state it will be nine years before the last volume is to appear, and, since it is, unfortunately, impracticable to draw up an index in advance, it will be nine years before it is possible to ascertain with any facility what are the contents of the nine volumes. By that time, the present volume will be out of date and, presumably, steps will be taken to issue another edition ; in other words, the ”Dictionary of Applied Chemistry” is to become a periodical. This method of issue, no doubt, simplifies the work of the publishers, and, possibly, appeals to librarians who prefer to spread their slender monetary resources over a period of years, but it does not yield the best type of book from the user's point of view.
Thorpe's Dictionary of Applied Chemistry
By Prof. Jocelyn Field Thorpe Dr. M. A. Whiteley. Fourth edition. Vol. 1: A—Bi. Pp. xxvii + 703. (London, New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1937). 63s. net.
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W., H. Thorpe's Dictionary of Applied Chemistry. Nature 140, 1076–1077 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/1401076a0
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