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THE number of books dealing with the whole range of industries to which the description chemical is applicable is very small, and among these Molinari's work, fashioned on a new and original plan, has come to occupy a very definite and important place. The measure of its success may be gauged from the appearance, within the space of less than twenty years, of four editions in Italian, each in turn rapidly exhausted, two in English, two in Spanish, and one in French. The present volume, which begins the fifth Italian edition, contains more than 200 pages devoted to the elementary exposition of general principles, this section having undergone considerable expansion at the hands of the author's son, Vittorio. It treats likewise of hydrogen, the halogens, the elements of the oxygen group (also air and its rare constituents), nitrogen and phosphorus, etc. The very full trade statistics and other special features of the work are retained, but various subjects, such as hydrogen, sulphuric acid, and the utilisation of atmospheric nitrogen for the manufacture of synthetic ammonia, etc., are treated at greater length than formerly. The footnotes, possibly too copious in some cases, remain, and diagrams and figures are interspersed even more lavishly than in the preceding edition; the printer's work is all that could be desired. The second part of the volume on inorganic chemistry is promised before the end of the current year, and will be followed by a new issue of the companion volume on organic chemistry.
Trattato di chimica generale ed applicata all' industria.
Prof.
Dott. Ettore
Molinari
Per. Vol. 1. Chimica inorganica. Parte prima. Quinta edizione riveduta ed ampliata. Pp. xv + 680. (Milano: Ulrico Hoepli 1924.) 40 lire.
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Trattato di chimica generale ed applicata all' industria. Nature 114, 605 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114605b0
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