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THE third supplementary volume of Thorpe's “Dictionary” contains the index to the supplement; but a hundred pages are devoted to a glossary of terms used in the dictionary, ranging from A-acid and Abderhalden's reagent to the Zeeman effect, Zeisel's method, zero-point energy and the Zwitterion hypothesis. This glossary provides a guide to the meaning of a large number of important terms, which do not happen to form the subject of independent entries either in the original or in the supplementary volumes. In some cases, but not in all, the index gives a reference to a passage in the text in which these terms are used or discussed.
Thorpe's Dictionary of Applied Chemistry
Supplement. By Prof. Jocelyn Field Thorpe and Dr. M. A. Whiteley. Vol. 3: Glossary and Index. Pp. vii + 166. (London, New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1936.) 21s. net.
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[Short Notices]. Nature 137, 447 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137447a0
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