The physical chemistry of the proteins: By T. Brailsford Robertson, Ph.D., D.Sc. New York, Longmans, Green & Co., 1918, 483 pages, 8vo. Price, $5.00 net

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• Book ID: 104121835
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1918
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 129 KB
• Volume: 185
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/s0016-0032(18)90384-4

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reached that, at present, the special part played by the lipins in the activity of the organism is entirely unknown to us. A bibliography of 22 pages is appended. JosEPIt S. I-IEeBURN. ALLEN'S COMMERCIAL ORGANIC ANALYSIS. Edited by W. A. Davis. Fourth edition, volume IX. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's Son & Co.. [9t7, 836 pages, 8vo. Price. $5.

This volume forms a supplement to the preceding eight volumes. Its purpose is given in the preface: " Since the revision of this work was first undertaken in I937, a considerable amount of literature has appeared and many new methods of analysis have been devised. It. therefore, became desirable to issue a supplementary volume bringing the text. especially that of the earlier volumes, up to date. The new articles have. as far as possible. been written by the contributors to the earlier volumes, but. in a few cases. pressure of other work caused by the outbreak of war has made it necessary to entrust the revision to other hands." The new contributors are: A. J.