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Abridged Scientijic Publiculions from the Kodak Research Laboratories, Vol. X X . 273 pp. Rochester, New York: Eastman Kodak Company, 1939. This book contain abstracts of forty-four papers published during 1938. Rheological Memoirs. Edited by EUGENE C. BINGHAM.Vol. I, No. 1, January, 1940. Published in Easton, Pennsylvania. Price: $2.00 per volume. Ezperimental Investigations upon the Flow of Liquids i n Tubes of Very Small Diameter. By J. M. L. POISEUILLE. Translated by Winslow H. Henschel from the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Institute of France Sci. Math. & Phys., Vol. IX, Paris, 1846. This is the first of a series of classical papers in the subject of rheology which Professor Bingham, the well-known authority in this field, prepares to make available through reprinting and translation into English under the auspices of the Publication Committee of the Society of Rheology. Subscription may also be placed through the American Institute of Physics, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York. S. C. LIND. The Physics and Chemistry of Surjaces. By N. K. ADAM. Second edition. 6 x 9 in. ; x 402 pp. Oxford University Press. Price: $7.50. This edition of Professor Adam’s well-known book has been largely rewritten without materially changing the plan of the book. A new chapter has been added on electrical phenomena a t surfaces, which rather completely covers the many phases of this subject. The first part of the book is perhaps its best, if there can be said t o be an,y best. Here the author draws on the great reservoir of knowledge obtained in his own laboratory, to elucidate the behavior of substances on liquid surfaces. This he does without detracting in any way from the important work of other investigators. In the chapter on adsorption on liquid surfaces, the author presents essentially the analytical proof of Gibbs for the adsorption equation and in addition the beautiful new proof due t o Guggenheim. The section on the general properties of solid surfaces presents many interesting concepts and leads up t o an excellent discussion of spreading films and lubrication. In considering adsorption on the solid surface and catalysis, the modern concepts are all presented, but the chapter on the whole seems a little too compressed. The last chapter, which follows the one on electrical phenomena at interfaces, presents the problem of the measurement of surface tension. This volume is a distinct improvement over the first edition, in that i t covers the subject more completely. I t is an important addition to the literature on the subject of surface phenomena and will be welcomed by all workers in the field. The book is well printed and presents a nice appearance. L. H. REYERSON.
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Kurzes Lehrbuch der physikalischen.Chemie. Hejt 8. By K. JELLINEK. 24.5 x 16 cm.; xii 292 pp. Deventer (Holland): N. V. Uitgevers-Mnat,schappij A. E. Kluwer, 1939. Price: F1. 7.50. The second part of Jellinek’s Short Teztbook of Physical Chemistry treats the subjects electrochemistry, the phase rule, colloid chemistry, and chemical kinetics. In the opening chapter on electrochemistry the author deals faithfully with electroconductance, giving clear and adequate accounts of G. N. Lewis’s thermodynamic theory of stronger electrolytes, the methods of determining activity coefficients, and the kinetic theory of Debye and Hiickel for dilute solutions of electrolytes. Electrode potentials are discussed, and many applications of this quantity to other
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