Rasa-Jala-Nidhi (or ocean of Indian chemistry, medicine, and alchemy). Vol. III. Compiled in sanskrit by B. Mookerjee, M.A. With English translation by the author. Pp. vii+390. Calcutta: B. Mookerjee, 1930. 6 Rs

✍ Scribed by Holmyard, E. R.

• Book ID: 102319387
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1930
• Weight: 148 KB
• Volume: 49
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000494453

✦ Synopsis

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Oct. 31,1030 coinparntivcly littlc attention. Tho first four chapters, ivhich deal with thc inctliocls of studying thc structiirc of nictals, X-rays and thc structure of metals, thc structurc of pure nictals, and the structurc of nlloys, arc conccrncd wit11 thc ordinary niatcrinl of any book on mctallograpliy with thc csccption of tlic scconcl, \rIiich in gcncrnl reccircs dctailcd trcatincnt in Borne special volumc.

The rcmninilcr of tlie work is conccrnccl wit.h tlic influcncc of " minor coiistitucnt,s " on tlie structilrc, incclianical properties, and thc corrosion of nictals.

If t,hc book is rcgardcd as a sciciit,ific publication, t,licsc pnges will bc rc:d witli real intcrcst and profit.. I n so far, howcvcr, as thc rcadcr is iiiorc in scnrcli of fncts of pmcticnl importancc hc is linblc to I c distippointcd.

Thc lnst 20 pngcs devoted to tlic effects of impuritics and minor constitucats on the corrosion of nictals is an cst,rcmely nblc summary of csisting kno~rlcdgc, nnil may cspccially bc rcco~n~ncn~lcd to those intcrcstcd in thc problcin wlio wish to obtain il concisc, but accurate, statcmcnt. of tlic present position.