The condensed chemical dictionary

The condensed chemical dictionary

Nov., 1956.1 THE BOOK 417 NOTES CONDENSED CHEMIUL DICTIONARY, edited by Arthur and Elizabeth Rose. Fifth edition, 1200 pages, 6 X 9 in. organized...

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Nov., 1956.1 THE

BOOK

417

NOTES

CONDENSED CHEMIUL DICTIONARY, edited by Arthur and Elizabeth Rose. Fifth edition, 1200 pages, 6 X 9 in.

organized treatment of the analytical method for evaluating the components of irregular piping systems. The second edition, pub-

New York, Reinhold 1956. Price, $12.50.

lished jointly by John Wiley and Chapman & Hall, makes this method available to a considerably wider audience. At the same time, it augments the first edition by embodying the many changes in piping systems

Publishing

Corp.,

This new, much larger fifth edition of a standard chemical dictionary replaces the previous 1950 edition. The new version contains over 30,000 up-to-date entries, in 1220 double-column

pages.

introduced since 1941. The structural phase of piping design is thoroughly covered in nine

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chapters and three ters on expansion have been added, vibration is treated

and trade-name coverage has been greatly expanded, with new material supplied direct from the producers. In addition, the dictionary has been thumb-indexed and printed in larger type, both of which add to the convenience of its use.

DYNAMIC FACTORS IN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIVITY, by Seymour Melman.

The dictionary is a practical one for use by chemists and engineers, as well as pur-

The author, aided by a grant from Columbia University, spent four years studying two phases of modern business, namely, the mechanization of production and the rise of administrative overhead. The book sets forth the factors which brought

DESIGN OF PIPING SYSTEMS, by the Engineer-

ing Departments of The M. W. Kellogg Company. 365 pages, illustrations, 8) X 11 in. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; London, Chapman & Hall, Ltd. ; 1956. Price, $15.00. Privately

published

about

in 1941 by the M. the first edition of the first adequately

TO MEMBERS

AND

238 pages,

51 X 83 in. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1956. Price, $4.75

chasing agents and executives.

W. Kellogg Company, this book represented

appendices. New chapjoints and pipe supports and structural and fluid in a new, final chapter.

changes

manpower

in production

utilization,

methods

and attempts

plain how these affect productivity

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