Abstract
TWO great efforts to present to the physicist and chemist the ipsissima verba or translations of some of the fundamental contributions to science come to mind as one turns the pages of this latest ‘source book’-Ostwald's Klassiker and the publications of the Alembic Club. He is fortunate who has easy access to a full set of the Klassiker-its hundred-odd reprints represent a remarkable attempt to collect in one group those contributions to the advancement of the physical sciences which may be regarded as classic. The publications of the Alembic Club are fewer in number and more restricted in character—they cover certain of the classics of chemical science and it is interesting to note that a term has not yet been set to the activities of the Club, as reprints, sponsored by Dr. Leonard Dobbin, are still appearing under its name.
A Source Book in Physics
By Prof. W. F. Magie. (Source Books in the History of the Sciences.) Pp. xiv + 620. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1935.) 30s. net.
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F., A. A Source Book in Physics. Nature 136, 773–774 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136773a0
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