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April,
rgz5.1
Sturtevant,
LIBRARY
NOTES.
569
B. F.,
Company, Bulletin No. 306, Mechanical Hot-blast Heater. 1922. (From the Company.) Sullivan Machinery Company, Catalogue 800, Diamond Drilling for Oil. Chicago, Ill., 1923. (From the Company.) Timken Roller Bearing Company, Bulletin, You Bought Them-Why ? Canton. Ohio, 1924. (From the Company.) Trumbull Electric Manufacturing Company, Bulletin No. 6, Safety Switches. Plainville, Conn., 1925. (From the Company.) Tufts College, Annual Catalogue, rg24-rgz5. Tufts College, Mass., 1924. (From the College.) U. S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Electrical Industries 1922, Electric Railways. Washington, D. C., 1925. (From the Bureau.) Universite de Grenoble, Collation du titre de Docteur honoris causa a MM. les Professeurs Albert Sauveur et Douglas W. Johnson; Summer Vacation Courses, 1925. Grenoble, France, 1925. (From the University.) University of Belfast, Calendar, rgz+-Ig25. Belfast, Ireland, 1924. (From the University.) University of Birmingham, Calendar, rg2+rg25. Birmingham, England, 1924. (From the University.) (From the University of Maine, Catalogue, 1924-1925. Orono, Me., 1924. University.) University of Pennsylvania, Catalogue, 1924-1925. Philadelphia, Penna., 1924. (From the University.) University of Rochester, College of Arts and Science, Catalogue, 1924-1925. Rochester, N. Y., 1924. (From the University.) Toronto, Canada, no date. (From University of Toronto, Calendar, rg2.+1925.
Boston, Mass.,
the University.) Uruguay Anuario Estadistico de Montevideo, Uruguay, 1924. Western and
Wheeled Machinery
la Repitblica Oriental, Tomo 32, Parte I. (From the Director-General of Statistics.)
Scraper Company, General Catalogue for Handling Earth and Stone.
(From the Company.) Wheaton College, Catalogue,
1924-1925.
Norton,
No. 60, Dump Aurora, Ill., no
Cars date.
(From
the
Mass.,
1925.
College.) Wyoming
State
Geologist,
1922, to and including
Twelfth September
Biennial
Report
30, 1924.
for
the
Period
October
I,
Cheyenne, Wyo., 1924. (From
the Geologist.)
BOOK GRUNDIJECRIFFE DERMECHANISCHEN
REVIEWS.
TECIINOL~~IE DER METALLE. By GEORG 8v0. Leipzig, Akademische VrrSachs. x-319 pages, 232 illustrations, lagsgesellschaft m.b.H., 1925. Price, $3.15. The author of this work is a co-worker in the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for investigation of problems in metallurgy and, therefore, has high qualificaIt was mainly written tions for the task. The text of the book shows his merit. to present a comprehensive view of the present state of the extensive information on metallurgy and to consider certain apparent inconsistencies in these data.
BOOK REVIEWS.
570 Primarily, strict
the work
conditions.
he reconciled already such
when
accumulated
materials
seemingly
have
discordant
of the author. means namely, them
that
methods they
and show
tells us that
forth
data
thorough in the
the
heretofore extensive
that
and
be disconnected. show
differences
analogies when
Out
important
field
had practical
where close
indeed,
ordinary analogy
a bat is not a bird, and chemistry
are
been a leading
inspection
up
object
by physical
correlated
is a feature
tells us that
only
To connect may
to
of data
of metallurgy,
apparently
is usually
under found
of the mass
disconnected
phenomena
This,
undertaken
results.
has also
seem entirely cases
research
as conflicting
is made.
phenomena
may
in other
of
regarded
as have
and dissociated while
results
investigation
been selected
Phenomena
be correlated,
hy physical
is to set
Many
[J. F. I.
may
of all sciences, does
not
understood. glycerol
indicate Zoology
is an alcohol.
The content is in the main limited to the fundamentals in the physical and evident phenomena of the broad field of mechanical technology. A summary of the table of contents will show more exactly the scope of the work. After a brief introduction, a section of nearly one hundred pages and Deformation ” is given. The second section deals with on ‘I Tension crystallization and solidification. A third treats of construction and mechanical properties. An interesting and somewhat novel feature of this chapter is a discussion of the relation of periodic classification to the mechanical properties of the metals. Numerous properties of the metals, the author states, are periodic This statement is illustrated in considerable functions of the atomic weights. detail. The recent investigations of the arrangements of atoms in crystals as begun by Laue and continued by other investigators are given consideration, so that the bearings of these apparently somewhat abstruse researches are shown in their practical light. The work shows an enormous amount of careful collection of data and assiduous sifting of the same so that the vast field may be well presented to the Many well-executed illustrations add to the student and practical worker. serviceability of the book. There are few departments of modern industry requiring more thorough investigation both in the theoretical and practical fields than the great metallurgical procedures, and this book will be of great aid to all who are concerned in these lines. HENRY LEFFMANN. AND THE FINE-STRUCTURE OF MATTER. By Friedrich Rinne. Transby Walter S. Stiles. Illustrated with plates and over two hundred ix-rgj pages, 8vo. New York, E. P. Dutton and Company, no figures. date. Price, $4.20.
CRYSTALS
lated
The author of this work is professor of mineralogy in the University of Leipzig. The translator does not give himself a local habitat or a title. In the abundance of works on colloids now issuing, it is a relief to find one giving exclusive attention to the crystalline condition. Colloids are of immense Even in the field of interest and importance, but they are rarely attractive. chemistry they are rather “ caviare to the general.” Crystals, however, have mostly a charm for all. The development of the method of making thin sections of minerals placed in the hands of the mineralogist and geologist many oppor-
rgz5.1
Sturtevant,
LIBRARY
NOTES.
569
B. F.,
Company, Bulletin No. 306, Mechanical Hot-blast Heater. 1922. (From the Company.) Sullivan Machinery Company, Catalogue 800, Diamond Drilling for Oil. Chicago, Ill., 1923. (From the Company.) Timken Roller Bearing Company, Bulletin, You Bought Them-Why ? Canton. Ohio, 1924. (From the Company.) Trumbull Electric Manufacturing Company, Bulletin No. 6, Safety Switches. Plainville, Conn., 1925. (From the Company.) Tufts College, Annual Catalogue, rg24-rgz5. Tufts College, Mass., 1924. (From the College.) U. S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Electrical Industries 1922, Electric Railways. Washington, D. C., 1925. (From the Bureau.) Universite de Grenoble, Collation du titre de Docteur honoris causa a MM. les Professeurs Albert Sauveur et Douglas W. Johnson; Summer Vacation Courses, 1925. Grenoble, France, 1925. (From the University.) University of Belfast, Calendar, rgz+-Ig25. Belfast, Ireland, 1924. (From the University.) University of Birmingham, Calendar, rg2+rg25. Birmingham, England, 1924. (From the University.) (From the University of Maine, Catalogue, 1924-1925. Orono, Me., 1924. University.) University of Pennsylvania, Catalogue, 1924-1925. Philadelphia, Penna., 1924. (From the University.) University of Rochester, College of Arts and Science, Catalogue, 1924-1925. Rochester, N. Y., 1924. (From the University.) Toronto, Canada, no date. (From University of Toronto, Calendar, rg2.+1925.
Boston, Mass.,
the University.) Uruguay Anuario Estadistico de Montevideo, Uruguay, 1924. Western and
Wheeled Machinery
la Repitblica Oriental, Tomo 32, Parte I. (From the Director-General of Statistics.)
Scraper Company, General Catalogue for Handling Earth and Stone.
(From the Company.) Wheaton College, Catalogue,
1924-1925.
Norton,
No. 60, Dump Aurora, Ill., no
Cars date.
(From
the
Mass.,
1925.
College.) Wyoming
State
Geologist,
1922, to and including
Twelfth September
Biennial
Report
30, 1924.
for
the
Period
October
I,
Cheyenne, Wyo., 1924. (From
the Geologist.)
BOOK GRUNDIJECRIFFE DERMECHANISCHEN
REVIEWS.
TECIINOL~~IE DER METALLE. By GEORG 8v0. Leipzig, Akademische VrrSachs. x-319 pages, 232 illustrations, lagsgesellschaft m.b.H., 1925. Price, $3.15. The author of this work is a co-worker in the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for investigation of problems in metallurgy and, therefore, has high qualificaIt was mainly written tions for the task. The text of the book shows his merit. to present a comprehensive view of the present state of the extensive information on metallurgy and to consider certain apparent inconsistencies in these data.
BOOK REVIEWS.
570 Primarily, strict
the work
conditions.
he reconciled already such
when
accumulated
materials
seemingly
have
discordant
of the author. means namely, them
that
methods they
and show
tells us that
forth
data
thorough in the
the
heretofore extensive
that
and
be disconnected. show
differences
analogies when
Out
important
field
had practical
where close
indeed,
ordinary analogy
a bat is not a bird, and chemistry
are
been a leading
inspection
up
object
by physical
correlated
is a feature
tells us that
only
To connect may
to
of data
of metallurgy,
apparently
is usually
under found
of the mass
disconnected
phenomena
This,
undertaken
results.
has also
seem entirely cases
research
as conflicting
is made.
phenomena
may
in other
of
regarded
as have
and dissociated while
results
investigation
been selected
Phenomena
be correlated,
hy physical
is to set
Many
[J. F. I.
may
of all sciences, does
not
understood. glycerol
indicate Zoology
is an alcohol.
The content is in the main limited to the fundamentals in the physical and evident phenomena of the broad field of mechanical technology. A summary of the table of contents will show more exactly the scope of the work. After a brief introduction, a section of nearly one hundred pages and Deformation ” is given. The second section deals with on ‘I Tension crystallization and solidification. A third treats of construction and mechanical properties. An interesting and somewhat novel feature of this chapter is a discussion of the relation of periodic classification to the mechanical properties of the metals. Numerous properties of the metals, the author states, are periodic This statement is illustrated in considerable functions of the atomic weights. detail. The recent investigations of the arrangements of atoms in crystals as begun by Laue and continued by other investigators are given consideration, so that the bearings of these apparently somewhat abstruse researches are shown in their practical light. The work shows an enormous amount of careful collection of data and assiduous sifting of the same so that the vast field may be well presented to the Many well-executed illustrations add to the student and practical worker. serviceability of the book. There are few departments of modern industry requiring more thorough investigation both in the theoretical and practical fields than the great metallurgical procedures, and this book will be of great aid to all who are concerned in these lines. HENRY LEFFMANN. AND THE FINE-STRUCTURE OF MATTER. By Friedrich Rinne. Transby Walter S. Stiles. Illustrated with plates and over two hundred ix-rgj pages, 8vo. New York, E. P. Dutton and Company, no figures. date. Price, $4.20.
CRYSTALS
lated
The author of this work is professor of mineralogy in the University of Leipzig. The translator does not give himself a local habitat or a title. In the abundance of works on colloids now issuing, it is a relief to find one giving exclusive attention to the crystalline condition. Colloids are of immense Even in the field of interest and importance, but they are rarely attractive. chemistry they are rather “ caviare to the general.” Crystals, however, have mostly a charm for all. The development of the method of making thin sections of minerals placed in the hands of the mineralogist and geologist many oppor-