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J. EIecfromraI. Chem..
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I,
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x960.
x50 pages.
D.XI.
par
R.
I’~?IBIL.
3 (19G2)
Deutschcr
Sr
\-crlag
13.
Le Dr. I’RIBIL a fait dc t&s nombrcus tra\*aus dnns Ic domainc dcs complescs. aussi cj-tait il particuli&rcmcnt qualifid pour traitcr un parcil sujct dent l’importancc nc ccssc’ tic crottrc. Ix prcmicr volume de cet oux-rage cst de dimension modeste. Fort bien fait, parfaitemcnt ordonnd. les csposCs y sont clairs et dL:pouill& de toutc litt&raturc inutile. :\prGs un tr& court historiquc. l’autcur prCscnte, en quelques pages et de faGon tr& simple, les bases th@oriqucs. I1 est question dcs constantes dcs couples acidc-base ct dc la stabilitd dcs complcxcs que forme I’EDTX avec lcs mktaux. Cet cxposi cst suivi d’un chapitre sur Its indicatcurs mdtalliqucs (tiroit. mureside.
J. EIectroa,rat.
Chem.,
3 (1902)
S x--S2
sz thorin.
BOOK
chromaruol
. .) qui sont class&
HEVIE\VS
d’aprtis
lcur groupemcnt
caractiristiquc
ct dont
I’autcur
donnc la formuic ct Its propridtCs esscnticllcs. Quclqucs renseignemexts conccrnant la technique oytiratoire prCc&dcnt lcs dosages complesomci-triqucs des solutions de metaux purs ct dc melanges tic ceu.x-ci. Le delicat probleme dc la s6lecti\-it6 ct du masquagc cjt trait& avcc quclques ddtarls ainsi que les apphcations dc la complexomtitric aus mdthoties physic<>-chimiqucs (amp6romdtric. potcntiomitrie, photomdtric _ . .)_ Uicn que le papicr nc soit pas dc prcmi&rc qualitti. Ic livrc cst ixgrCablc A consultcr car I’imprcssion y cst clxirc ct lc tcstc intcLligcmmcnt dispo.iG. Unc bibliographic qui paralt judicicuscmcnt choisic ct UIIL’ table dcs matieres succinte mais bicn concuc rcrmine cet ouvragc clue nous nous faisons un pl.tisir de rccommandcr. D. J.
.lIichael Faraday. A iisl of his Zecfrcres u#td published wrifi,Jgs. Hall Limited. London, xgf5o. ss\*iii + Sd pages. EZ 2s.
by
Univcrsitti
MONNIER.
Elecfrotinal.
Choir..
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A\r..xs E. JEFFREYS.
Sl-S?
Chapman
and
This book aims at recording in chronological or&r the publisted writings and lccturcs of ;\fichacl Farada)*. It Iis& all books and scparatc publications. including: later editions and reprints, all I‘imcs”. :\\I1 Iccturcs. Icttcrs, papers and articles in journals and pcrioclicals. and lcttcrs to “The whcthcr they have appeared in print or nor, and all manuscript. notes iu the Farada!. collection of the Royal Institution have been included. It is restricted to material published in English in
Great Britain. so that translations and _American publications of works alreatly published in Great Brit.tin arc excluded. Most personal letters have also been omitted. In the course of a Icn@hy introduction the author has classified his material under a large numberr of 1lcading.s and has included man\mation arc full>- dealt \vith and the rncthods
to Faradal-arc
ciiscusscd
in detail.
intcrcsting by. \vhich
and instrrrctixac unsigned articles
Useful sections deal \vith the material
Jctrrils. Sotrrccs etc. ha\-c been
not included
of infor‘ascribed
in this book
with the arrangement of the entries. It is surprising to find that. in spite of the numcrou5 bioc;raphics of .\Ixcfc.*eL I’.\R,\n.\Y. no comprehensive bilbiography (snx*c that of Luh-orrs~.~~-.\ in the U.S.S.R.) has been attcrnptcd. Thins book rcmedics this signal omission. It is obx-iously meant to bc a work of refercncc for studenti and research wxxkers and is not intcndcd to bc rcadablc. Nc\-crthclcss. as Sir LAWR~SCE BRAGG says in his I’orc\vord, the b;zrc record of I-‘;rraday’s lvritings )x-or by vcar is in itself Iascinating. and since it includes even sermons and Parliamentary papers on a &de variety of subjects. it shows the breadth of his interests. The book has good clear type and is printed on substantial paper. l’hc illustrations arc \vcll chosen. It is \\wll laid out and hzxs il detailed indcs and list of biographies uf Faradal-. It forms ‘a and
valuable
survc)‘s
addition
should
to any reference
library
and could G.
La
well
bc taken
as an esamplc
of how such
bc prcscntcd.
Specfroscopie IierIzienne _-IPpliqciCe d la Chi,,rie. Ig6o. -xi i- 3G3 pages. N.Fr. 23.
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account isgiwn the
rotational (2) Dipolar
of the theorvand
spectra Debyc
of which Absorption
experimental
technique.
followed
by a list of chemical substances.
have already been determined. (D.D.A. : rn-uremcnt of the complex J_ Elecfroanal.
diclcctric Chenr..
cnnstant 3 (x962)
as a 52-83