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The most valunblc addition is found in the informative but rather condcnscd section on the stnmturc of the silicatcs in Chapter XXXVI, in which thc rcsults of modern X-ray work arc dcscribed with thc Rid of a numbcr of hplpfiil diagrams. Otlicr sections denling with tho isotopes of hydrogen, the theory of indicntors, nitrogen fixation, and iiuclcar transformations linve been revised and modcrnizcd. The trcatment of tlic ncwcr work is of iicccssity w r y concise and in n few cnscs i t is doiibtful ~vlicther tlic wry bricf statement wlucli is possiblc adds greatly to thc value of n tcxtbook of this type. IIo\vcver, i t is always clilficult to drnw the line !
The book is intended for studcnts preparing for Intcrincdiatc nnd Pinal 13.S~. and tho candidatc wlio nssimilntcs tlic information coiitaincd in its thousand or so pngcs necd havc no qualms when hc fnccs his examiiicrs. Evcn some of tliesc oniniscient crcatures hnvc becn known to kccp ' I Piirtington " 011 their bookshelves and to refcr to it when cunditlatcs sliowcil nn uiiusunlly Tido kiioivlcdgc of thc facts of inorgniiic chemistry. It woiild bc nil inipcrtincncc nicrcly to dcscribc tho volunic iis n sound text-book on the subjcct ; therc are many such books. This one lins long bccn known for its spccinl qii:ility of comprchcnsircness nritl for its accurate historical discussion of fundiinicntal theories and esperiments. Thc new edition will continue to ndd t o thc number of rcadcrs ~l i o arc grateful to Prof.
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