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LIBRARY NOTES. LIBRARY
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RECENT ADDITIONS. ANDERSON, WILLIAM BALLANTYNE.--Physicsfor Technical Students in Colleges and Universities. Second edition revised and enlarged. 1925. Association of Official Agricultural Chemists.--Official and Tentative Methods of Analysis. Second edition revised to July i, 1924. 1925. BLOCH, EUGIkNE.--The Kinetic Theory of Gases. No date. B6SEKBN, J.--Configuration of the Saccharids. No date. CAMPBELL,CHARLES A. R.--Bats, Mosquitoes and Dollars. 1925. DICK, OTTo.--Die Feile und ihre Entwicklungsgeschichte. 1925. DRUCKER, C., Editor.--Ostwald-Luther Hand- und Hilfsbuch zur Ausffihrung physikochemischer Messungen. Fourth edition revised. 1925. ELLIS, CARLETON, and WELLS, ALFRED A.--Chemical Actions of Ultraviolet Rays. 1925. EUCKEN, ARNoLn.--Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry. Translated and adapted from the second German edition by E. R. Jette and V. K. LaMer. 1925. HAUSBRAND, E.--Principles and Practice of Distillation. Translated from the fourth new and enlarged German edition by E. H. Tripp. 1925. HECK, ROBERT C. H.--Mechanics of Machinery. Part I: Mechanism. First edition. 1923. Jahresbericht fiber die Leistungen der ehemischen Technologie /fir das Jahr I924. Jahrgang 70. Anorganischer Tell. i925. LANGTON, H. M.--Blacks and Pitches. I925. Machinery's Handbook for Machine Shop and Drafting-room. Sixth edition revised and enlarged. I925. MILLOT, STANlSLAS.--Th6orie Nouvelle de la Probabilit6 des Causes. 1925. NEWMAN, F. H.--The Production and Measurement of Low Pressures. 1925. Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America. Tenth Decennial Revision. 1925. PLANCK, MAX.--A Survey of Physics. No date. Poor's Industrials. 1925. Volume two. 1925. ROGERS, ALLEN, Editor.--Industrial Chemistry: A Manual for the Student and Manufacturer. Fourth edition. Two volumes. 1925. SPROXTON, F.--Cellulose Ester Varnishes. 1925. STAUDINGER, HERMANN.--Introduction to Qualitative Organic Analysis. 1925. TAMMANN, GUSTAv.--The States of Aggregation. Translated from the second German edition by R. F. Mehl. I925. Thomas' Register of American Manufacturers. Sixteenth annual edition. 1925. THOMSON, SIR J. J.--The Structure of Light. Fisan Memorial Lecture. 1925. BOOK REVIEWS. CHEMICAL SYNONYMS AND TRADENAMES, by William Gardner, Works Chemist. Second edition, 27I+ 56 pages, 8vo. London, Crosby Lockwood and Son; New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, 1925. Price, $8. Notice was given of the first edition of this work and of a companion thereto, which was issued for the benefit of those who have the first edition,
Dec., I925.]
BOOK REVIEWS.
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a plan that is commendable, as was noted in the review of the supplement. In the present work we have a full second edition containing seventeen thousand definitions and cross-references, making a compact book of great value to workers in all departments of chemistry, pure and applied. The reviewer desires to repeat the suggestion given in the review of the companion volume, namely, that a loose-leaf system be adopted for certain types of works that need frequent revision. HENRY" LEFFMANN.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CATALOG. Tenth annual edition, II72 pages, illustrations, quarto. New York, The Chemical Catalog Company, Inc., 1925. Price, $IO; leasing price, $2. Notice was made in this JOURNAL for November, i924, of the ninth edition of this comprehensive and valuable work. The present edition is on the same lines, with extensions and improvements, among which may be noted an enlarged classified directory in which for completeness the names of several hundred firms are given which do not take space in the catalog, an evidence of the open-mindedness and trustworthy character of the book. The section on technical and scientific books is also a most useful feature, enabling the user of the book to obtain easily a comprehensive view of the existing recent literature in many departments of chemistry. As noted in the review of the ninth edition, the work is a gratifying evidence of the organization and development that is prevailing in American chemical industries. H E N R Y L~FFMANN. BLACKS AND PITCHES. By H. M. Langton, M.A., B.Sc. I79 pages, illustrated with diagrams and plates, 8vo. New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, I9z5. Price, $4.50. Though apparently covering but a limited field of applied chemistry, this book is quite a surprise in the revelation of the extent and intricacy of the processes for the manufacture and use of the black pigments. The principal forms are, as might be expected,, more or less approaches to pure carbon. In addition to the presentation of the various forms of graphite, carbonblacks and lampblack, much information is given in regard to asphalts and pitches obtained from the several forms of tar. In connection with graphite, note is made of the results obtained by Acheson which have enabled the production of artificial carbons essentially identical with the natural material. Outside of the blacks containing as a dominant ingredient carbon, black iron oxide and pyrolusite are mentioned, but, as the author says, they have no great importance. In connection with graphite several photomicrographs have been reprinted from C. Ainsworth Mitchell's book, showing the characters of the marks made by different kinds of pencil material. It is worth noting that our word " rubber," which is practically our only term for the elastic substances from plant latexes, originated in consequence of the use of such substances for erasing pencil marks. Fixed carbon-blacks include the several forms of coal obtained by destructive distillation out of free air contact of animal and vegetable substances. These find many applications other than as pigments. Of late a specially active form of charcoal has been introduced, the "activated carbon," which has marked adsorptive powers. The bulk of the pigment black is of the soot
LIBRARY NOTES. LIBRARY
[J. F. I.
NOTES.
RECENT ADDITIONS. ANDERSON, WILLIAM BALLANTYNE.--Physicsfor Technical Students in Colleges and Universities. Second edition revised and enlarged. 1925. Association of Official Agricultural Chemists.--Official and Tentative Methods of Analysis. Second edition revised to July i, 1924. 1925. BLOCH, EUGIkNE.--The Kinetic Theory of Gases. No date. B6SEKBN, J.--Configuration of the Saccharids. No date. CAMPBELL,CHARLES A. R.--Bats, Mosquitoes and Dollars. 1925. DICK, OTTo.--Die Feile und ihre Entwicklungsgeschichte. 1925. DRUCKER, C., Editor.--Ostwald-Luther Hand- und Hilfsbuch zur Ausffihrung physikochemischer Messungen. Fourth edition revised. 1925. ELLIS, CARLETON, and WELLS, ALFRED A.--Chemical Actions of Ultraviolet Rays. 1925. EUCKEN, ARNoLn.--Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry. Translated and adapted from the second German edition by E. R. Jette and V. K. LaMer. 1925. HAUSBRAND, E.--Principles and Practice of Distillation. Translated from the fourth new and enlarged German edition by E. H. Tripp. 1925. HECK, ROBERT C. H.--Mechanics of Machinery. Part I: Mechanism. First edition. 1923. Jahresbericht fiber die Leistungen der ehemischen Technologie /fir das Jahr I924. Jahrgang 70. Anorganischer Tell. i925. LANGTON, H. M.--Blacks and Pitches. I925. Machinery's Handbook for Machine Shop and Drafting-room. Sixth edition revised and enlarged. I925. MILLOT, STANlSLAS.--Th6orie Nouvelle de la Probabilit6 des Causes. 1925. NEWMAN, F. H.--The Production and Measurement of Low Pressures. 1925. Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America. Tenth Decennial Revision. 1925. PLANCK, MAX.--A Survey of Physics. No date. Poor's Industrials. 1925. Volume two. 1925. ROGERS, ALLEN, Editor.--Industrial Chemistry: A Manual for the Student and Manufacturer. Fourth edition. Two volumes. 1925. SPROXTON, F.--Cellulose Ester Varnishes. 1925. STAUDINGER, HERMANN.--Introduction to Qualitative Organic Analysis. 1925. TAMMANN, GUSTAv.--The States of Aggregation. Translated from the second German edition by R. F. Mehl. I925. Thomas' Register of American Manufacturers. Sixteenth annual edition. 1925. THOMSON, SIR J. J.--The Structure of Light. Fisan Memorial Lecture. 1925. BOOK REVIEWS. CHEMICAL SYNONYMS AND TRADENAMES, by William Gardner, Works Chemist. Second edition, 27I+ 56 pages, 8vo. London, Crosby Lockwood and Son; New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, 1925. Price, $8. Notice was given of the first edition of this work and of a companion thereto, which was issued for the benefit of those who have the first edition,
Dec., I925.]
BOOK REVIEWS.
82 7
a plan that is commendable, as was noted in the review of the supplement. In the present work we have a full second edition containing seventeen thousand definitions and cross-references, making a compact book of great value to workers in all departments of chemistry, pure and applied. The reviewer desires to repeat the suggestion given in the review of the companion volume, namely, that a loose-leaf system be adopted for certain types of works that need frequent revision. HENRY" LEFFMANN.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CATALOG. Tenth annual edition, II72 pages, illustrations, quarto. New York, The Chemical Catalog Company, Inc., 1925. Price, $IO; leasing price, $2. Notice was made in this JOURNAL for November, i924, of the ninth edition of this comprehensive and valuable work. The present edition is on the same lines, with extensions and improvements, among which may be noted an enlarged classified directory in which for completeness the names of several hundred firms are given which do not take space in the catalog, an evidence of the open-mindedness and trustworthy character of the book. The section on technical and scientific books is also a most useful feature, enabling the user of the book to obtain easily a comprehensive view of the existing recent literature in many departments of chemistry. As noted in the review of the ninth edition, the work is a gratifying evidence of the organization and development that is prevailing in American chemical industries. H E N R Y L~FFMANN. BLACKS AND PITCHES. By H. M. Langton, M.A., B.Sc. I79 pages, illustrated with diagrams and plates, 8vo. New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, I9z5. Price, $4.50. Though apparently covering but a limited field of applied chemistry, this book is quite a surprise in the revelation of the extent and intricacy of the processes for the manufacture and use of the black pigments. The principal forms are, as might be expected,, more or less approaches to pure carbon. In addition to the presentation of the various forms of graphite, carbonblacks and lampblack, much information is given in regard to asphalts and pitches obtained from the several forms of tar. In connection with graphite, note is made of the results obtained by Acheson which have enabled the production of artificial carbons essentially identical with the natural material. Outside of the blacks containing as a dominant ingredient carbon, black iron oxide and pyrolusite are mentioned, but, as the author says, they have no great importance. In connection with graphite several photomicrographs have been reprinted from C. Ainsworth Mitchell's book, showing the characters of the marks made by different kinds of pencil material. It is worth noting that our word " rubber," which is practically our only term for the elastic substances from plant latexes, originated in consequence of the use of such substances for erasing pencil marks. Fixed carbon-blacks include the several forms of coal obtained by destructive distillation out of free air contact of animal and vegetable substances. These find many applications other than as pigments. Of late a specially active form of charcoal has been introduced, the "activated carbon," which has marked adsorptive powers. The bulk of the pigment black is of the soot