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CHEMISTRY OF PLANTS, by Erston V. Miller. 174 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. New York, Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1957. Price, $4.75. The author discusses the chemistry of plants in such a way as to interest research workers in medicine, agriculture, food processing and the manufacturing of chemicals for fungicides, insecticides and phytocides. Twelve chapters cover, for example, carbohydrates (in which gums amd mucilages are treated), proteins, lipides (including essential oils), plant pigments, enzymes, hormones, glycosides, vitamins, etc. References to other works in the field are given at the end of each chapter.
AMERICAN CIVIL ENGINEERING PRACTICE, VOL. Ill, editedby RobertW. Abbett. 1279 pages, diagrams, 5½ X 88 in. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1957. Price, $25.00. The third and final volume of this extraordinarily complete handbook covers masonry, reinforced concrete, steel, and timber structures. It contains thirteen sections on broad topics such as theory of structures, prestressed concrete structures, retaining walls, steel bridges, buildings, earthquake-resistant designs, etc. Fifty-four contributors, each an authority in his field, are listed, showing what topics each is responsible for. Each section is amply illustrated and the book contains many tables of valuable data. As in the previous two volumes, the ingenious "edge index" system aids the user to locate sections readily. Paging is by sections. MODERN APPLIED PHOTOGRAPHY, by G. A. Jones. 162 pages, plates, 4i X 78 in. New York, Philosophical Library, 1957. Price, $4.75. The author confines his treatment of modern applied photography to a very brief outllne, with emphasis on the lesser known applications in science and industry; he does not deal with the " a r t " of photography nor with photography as a science. He has written the book for those readers with a general knowledge of the elementary principles of photography. Some of the applications dealt with include document copying, scientific recording of images for future study, star photography,
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infrared photography (medical, high-temperature, aerial, etc.), ultraviolet photography, radiography, the recording and analysis of motion, and the use of photography in production, particularly in inspection. UNDERSTANDING HI-FI CIRCUITS, by Norman H. Crowhurst. 224 pages, diagrams, 5½ X 8½ in. New York, Gernsback Library, Inc., 1957. Price: $2.90 (paper); $5.00 (cloth). Aimed at the rapidly growing numbers of hi-fi fans who tinker with their own sets, this book by an authority in the field contains eleven chapters dealing technically with the several components of a hi-fi set. After studying the sections of the book (special output stages, feedback and damping, inverter and driver stages, input stages, matching, equilization, speaker distribution and crossovers, loudness and volume control, and tone controls), the reader should be in a good position to select the components best suited to his purpose. Emphasis is on audio circuits, but the author includes consideration of other factors, such as speakers, cabinets, vibrations, acoustics, etc. FIVE MATHEMATICALSTRUCTURAL MODELS, by Otto F. Fischer. 412 pages, 5¼ X 8 in. Stockholm, Axion Institute, 1957. Price, $10.00. The interested reader is referred to the review of the author's Universal Mechanics and Hamiltonian Quaternions which appears in Vol. 252, p. 446 of this JOURNAL. That review will give the reader a "feel" for the subject matter of this book. The reviewer suggested at that time that a judicial selection in a more highly organized form would enhance the appeal of the material. That apparently is what has been done, to some extent, in this book. The present book is concerned with the search for structural features in nature which may be expressed in the form of mathematical models. Quaternions are the mathematical instruments used in the search, and five sample models are chosen for study. The features in nature covered by these models range through the complete gamut from mechanics and electromagnetism through to quantum mechanics.
Book
CHEMISTRY OF PLANTS, by Erston V. Miller. 174 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. New York, Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1957. Price, $4.75. The author discusses the chemistry of plants in such a way as to interest research workers in medicine, agriculture, food processing and the manufacturing of chemicals for fungicides, insecticides and phytocides. Twelve chapters cover, for example, carbohydrates (in which gums amd mucilages are treated), proteins, lipides (including essential oils), plant pigments, enzymes, hormones, glycosides, vitamins, etc. References to other works in the field are given at the end of each chapter.
AMERICAN CIVIL ENGINEERING PRACTICE, VOL. Ill, editedby RobertW. Abbett. 1279 pages, diagrams, 5½ X 88 in. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1957. Price, $25.00. The third and final volume of this extraordinarily complete handbook covers masonry, reinforced concrete, steel, and timber structures. It contains thirteen sections on broad topics such as theory of structures, prestressed concrete structures, retaining walls, steel bridges, buildings, earthquake-resistant designs, etc. Fifty-four contributors, each an authority in his field, are listed, showing what topics each is responsible for. Each section is amply illustrated and the book contains many tables of valuable data. As in the previous two volumes, the ingenious "edge index" system aids the user to locate sections readily. Paging is by sections. MODERN APPLIED PHOTOGRAPHY, by G. A. Jones. 162 pages, plates, 4i X 78 in. New York, Philosophical Library, 1957. Price, $4.75. The author confines his treatment of modern applied photography to a very brief outllne, with emphasis on the lesser known applications in science and industry; he does not deal with the " a r t " of photography nor with photography as a science. He has written the book for those readers with a general knowledge of the elementary principles of photography. Some of the applications dealt with include document copying, scientific recording of images for future study, star photography,
NOTES
[J. F. I.
infrared photography (medical, high-temperature, aerial, etc.), ultraviolet photography, radiography, the recording and analysis of motion, and the use of photography in production, particularly in inspection. UNDERSTANDING HI-FI CIRCUITS, by Norman H. Crowhurst. 224 pages, diagrams, 5½ X 8½ in. New York, Gernsback Library, Inc., 1957. Price: $2.90 (paper); $5.00 (cloth). Aimed at the rapidly growing numbers of hi-fi fans who tinker with their own sets, this book by an authority in the field contains eleven chapters dealing technically with the several components of a hi-fi set. After studying the sections of the book (special output stages, feedback and damping, inverter and driver stages, input stages, matching, equilization, speaker distribution and crossovers, loudness and volume control, and tone controls), the reader should be in a good position to select the components best suited to his purpose. Emphasis is on audio circuits, but the author includes consideration of other factors, such as speakers, cabinets, vibrations, acoustics, etc. FIVE MATHEMATICALSTRUCTURAL MODELS, by Otto F. Fischer. 412 pages, 5¼ X 8 in. Stockholm, Axion Institute, 1957. Price, $10.00. The interested reader is referred to the review of the author's Universal Mechanics and Hamiltonian Quaternions which appears in Vol. 252, p. 446 of this JOURNAL. That review will give the reader a "feel" for the subject matter of this book. The reviewer suggested at that time that a judicial selection in a more highly organized form would enhance the appeal of the material. That apparently is what has been done, to some extent, in this book. The present book is concerned with the search for structural features in nature which may be expressed in the form of mathematical models. Quaternions are the mathematical instruments used in the search, and five sample models are chosen for study. The features in nature covered by these models range through the complete gamut from mechanics and electromagnetism through to quantum mechanics.