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Analysis of metallurgical and engineering methods
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
I91o and I9II, compiled by Frederick W. Horton. 24 pages, 8vo. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1912. ,'t Study of Trolley Light Freight Service and Philadelphia Markets in their Bearing on the Cost of Farm Produce, by Clyde Lyndon King, Ph.D., Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania, made under direction of Rudolph Blankenburg, Mayor, Philadelphia. 58 pages, map, 8vo. Philadelphia, Department of Public Works, October, I912. Canada, Department of Mines, Mines Branch: Production of Cement, Lime, Clay Products, Stone, and Other Structural Materials in Canada during the Calendar Year 191I. John MzLeish, B.A., Chief of the Division of Mineral Resources and Statistics. 55 pages, 8vo. Production of Iron and Steel in Canada during the Calendar Year 1911. John McLeish, Chief of the Division of Mineral Resources and Statistics. 32 pages, 8vo. Ottawa, Government Printing Bureau, I912. . Pl, iladelphia Bureau o[ Water: Water Supply Educational Series Bulletin No. 2, A Study in Industrial Water Charges. 48 pages, 8vo. Philadelphia, Bureau of Water, November, 1912. Idioma Auxiliar Internacional, Historia de la delegation para su adopcion por Claro C. Dassen, Ingeniero Civil, Doctor en ciencias fisicomathematicas. 51 pages, I6mo. Buenos Aires, Jose Cuneo, I9Ii.
BOOK NOTICE. ANALYSIS OF METALLURGICAL AND ENGINEERING METHODS, by Henry Wysor, B.S., Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry and iV~etallurgy in Lafayette College, Pa. The Chemical Publishing Company, Easton, Pa., 1912, $2.00. This is a student's text-book, or manual, intended for beginners in quar[titative analysis, as well as for advanced workers, containing an introductory chapter in which many principles are generalized. The table of contents shows that it covers methods of sampling ores, analyzing limestone, Portland cement, coal and coke, iron ores, copper ores and matte, lead ores and furnace products, zinc ores; analyses of iron, alloy steels, ferro-manganese and iron rich in manganese, brass and bronze, soft bearing metal; analysis of water; analysis of producer gas; calorimetry of coal, coke, oil and gases; examination of lubricating oil; examination of the micro-structure of iron and steel; heat treatment of metals; tables of atomic weights and bibliography, etc. This is an extensive field to be covered in a book having 73 pages of printed matter and 9 pages of cuts. It is needless to say that there is no overelaboration under these limitations. On the contrary, there are some omissions. For example: Under the heading of " Analysis of Iron " the method of "determination of silicon in pig iro~a and high silicon iron " is condensed into the space of five and a half lines.
BOOK NOTICES.
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The method given is the very well known rapid one, but this is not applicable to pig iron high in silicon, for the reason that such iron will not dissolve in the solvents named, a mixture of sulphuric and nitric acids. An. entirely different method of treatment is necessary where silicon is present in considerable proportion. The nickel crucible generally used in the analysis of ferro-silicon is not mentioned at all in the book, nor is any method given for analyzing ferro-silicon, an omission that is more remarkable from the fact t h a t a page is devoted to the analysis of ferro-manganese and iron rich in manganese. Another strange omission noted is the total absence of an index, while the table of contents gives no reference to pages and the book is not arranged in chapters. Alternate pages are left blank for insertion of notes by the student, and the book will doubtless be found useful in connection with a teacher's instructions. The book is claimed to be "a systematic arrangement of laboratory methods," and this claim appears to be substantiated upon examination. Methods for determination of vanadium, titanium, ch~'omium, 'and tungsten in iron are given in a few very brief paragraphs, and as these elements in alloy steels have assumed great importance in recent years a more extended description of the best analytical methods, with a statement of the precautions necessary to avoid errors, would seem to be advisable in order to enhance the permanent value of the book and to extend its usefulness beyond the immediate range of the author's classes.
A. E. OUTERBRIDGE,JR.
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
I91o and I9II, compiled by Frederick W. Horton. 24 pages, 8vo. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1912. ,'t Study of Trolley Light Freight Service and Philadelphia Markets in their Bearing on the Cost of Farm Produce, by Clyde Lyndon King, Ph.D., Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania, made under direction of Rudolph Blankenburg, Mayor, Philadelphia. 58 pages, map, 8vo. Philadelphia, Department of Public Works, October, I912. Canada, Department of Mines, Mines Branch: Production of Cement, Lime, Clay Products, Stone, and Other Structural Materials in Canada during the Calendar Year 191I. John MzLeish, B.A., Chief of the Division of Mineral Resources and Statistics. 55 pages, 8vo. Production of Iron and Steel in Canada during the Calendar Year 1911. John McLeish, Chief of the Division of Mineral Resources and Statistics. 32 pages, 8vo. Ottawa, Government Printing Bureau, I912. . Pl, iladelphia Bureau o[ Water: Water Supply Educational Series Bulletin No. 2, A Study in Industrial Water Charges. 48 pages, 8vo. Philadelphia, Bureau of Water, November, 1912. Idioma Auxiliar Internacional, Historia de la delegation para su adopcion por Claro C. Dassen, Ingeniero Civil, Doctor en ciencias fisicomathematicas. 51 pages, I6mo. Buenos Aires, Jose Cuneo, I9Ii.
BOOK NOTICE. ANALYSIS OF METALLURGICAL AND ENGINEERING METHODS, by Henry Wysor, B.S., Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry and iV~etallurgy in Lafayette College, Pa. The Chemical Publishing Company, Easton, Pa., 1912, $2.00. This is a student's text-book, or manual, intended for beginners in quar[titative analysis, as well as for advanced workers, containing an introductory chapter in which many principles are generalized. The table of contents shows that it covers methods of sampling ores, analyzing limestone, Portland cement, coal and coke, iron ores, copper ores and matte, lead ores and furnace products, zinc ores; analyses of iron, alloy steels, ferro-manganese and iron rich in manganese, brass and bronze, soft bearing metal; analysis of water; analysis of producer gas; calorimetry of coal, coke, oil and gases; examination of lubricating oil; examination of the micro-structure of iron and steel; heat treatment of metals; tables of atomic weights and bibliography, etc. This is an extensive field to be covered in a book having 73 pages of printed matter and 9 pages of cuts. It is needless to say that there is no overelaboration under these limitations. On the contrary, there are some omissions. For example: Under the heading of " Analysis of Iron " the method of "determination of silicon in pig iro~a and high silicon iron " is condensed into the space of five and a half lines.
BOOK NOTICES.
79
The method given is the very well known rapid one, but this is not applicable to pig iron high in silicon, for the reason that such iron will not dissolve in the solvents named, a mixture of sulphuric and nitric acids. An. entirely different method of treatment is necessary where silicon is present in considerable proportion. The nickel crucible generally used in the analysis of ferro-silicon is not mentioned at all in the book, nor is any method given for analyzing ferro-silicon, an omission that is more remarkable from the fact t h a t a page is devoted to the analysis of ferro-manganese and iron rich in manganese. Another strange omission noted is the total absence of an index, while the table of contents gives no reference to pages and the book is not arranged in chapters. Alternate pages are left blank for insertion of notes by the student, and the book will doubtless be found useful in connection with a teacher's instructions. The book is claimed to be "a systematic arrangement of laboratory methods," and this claim appears to be substantiated upon examination. Methods for determination of vanadium, titanium, ch~'omium, 'and tungsten in iron are given in a few very brief paragraphs, and as these elements in alloy steels have assumed great importance in recent years a more extended description of the best analytical methods, with a statement of the precautions necessary to avoid errors, would seem to be advisable in order to enhance the permanent value of the book and to extend its usefulness beyond the immediate range of the author's classes.
A. E. OUTERBRIDGE,JR.