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IT is a great pity these books cannot be pushed forward much faster. The plan adopted by many German authors of sending out books in “Lieferungen” has some advantages, but generally these are more than balanced by the time allowed to elapse between each part. This slowness on the part of authors makes it somewhat unpleasant for a translator, who must of necessity be still somewhat later. In this particular instance, however, the translator has improved on the time by introducing or referring to methods not in the original, but it might have been carried further. The original does not contain anything about Victor Meyer's methods of vapour-density determination, and the translator has also refrained from noticing these methods. There may be some reason for this, but we think at least the methods might have been mentioned, as they are simpler to perform than any other, and do not fall behind any in accuracy.
Fresenius's Quantitative Analysis.
Parts I. and II. Vol. II Translated by C. E. Groves From New Edition of Fresenius commencing in 1877. (No date.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 34, 2 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034002b0
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