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THE first volume of Hirschwald's comprehensive work was noticed in NATURE of June 6, 1912 (vol. 89, P. 344). This, the second and final volume, deals with the application of the methods previously described.
(1) Handbuch der bautechnischen Gesteinsprüfung.
Fr Beamte der Materialprfungsanstalten und Baubehrden, Steinbruchingenieure, Architekten und Bauingenieure, sowie fr Studierende der technischen Hochschulen. By Prof. J. Hirschwald. Zweiter Band Pp. xvi + 388–923. (Berlin: Gebrder Borntraeger, 1912.) Price 32 marks.
(2) Building Stones and Clays: Their Origin, Characters and Examination.
Edwin C. Eckel. Pp. xv + 264. (New York: J. Wiley and Sons; London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1912.) Price 12s. 6d. net.
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(1) Handbuch der bautechnischen Gesteinsprüfung (2) Building Stones and Clays: Their Origin, Characters and Examination. Nature 90, 537–538 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/090537a0
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