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may be made for much less and operated with much less power if a thinner foil is used as a resistance. The dimensions given, however, are preferable for furnaces irk continuous operation. The ideal method of using such a furnace is in conjunction with a motor-generator set, but the following sketch will show the method of wiring above described. WM, HERBERTKEEN. LABORATORY O F THE FILTH STERLING STEELCo , WASHINGTON. D C.
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Fertilizers. Artificial Manures: Their Chemical Selection and Scientific Application to Agriculture. By M. GEORGEVILLE, translated and edited by SIR WILLIAMCROOKES. New edition revised by SIR WILLIAMCROOKES,D,Sc., F.R.S., and JOHN PERCIVAL, 31.A. 6 plates. 8\70. pp. xl, 348. Longmans, Green & Co., London and New York. Price, $3.00 net. Chemical Conversion Tables. For use in the analysis of fertilizers, fertilizing materials, iron and its products, etc. By H. B. BATTLE, PH.D., and I\’. J. GASCOYXE, PH.D’, Pocket size, indented reference index. Williams & Wilkins Pub. Co., Baltimore, Md. Price, $2.50.
.\fining and illetallurgy. The Lead and Zinc Pigments. By CLIFFORD DYERHOLLEY, M.S., PH.D., Chief Chemist, Acme White Lead and Color Antimony. By WAXG CHCNG Yu. J. B. Lippincott Co., 340 pp., 8 j figures. Cloth, $3.00 Works. Izmo. xv Philadelphia. 1909. Price, $4.00. net. Kew York: John W l e y & Sons. The Nature of Ore Deposits. Translated and revised by W. The thirty-one chapters of this book contain much that H. WEED. R . BECK. 1909. Hill Publishing Co., Sew is of interest and value. Much of the matter is of a hisYork. $6.00. torical and descriptive nature. The analytical methods Fuel, are in the main adequate. Among the defects of the work On the Rate of Formation of Carbon Monoxide in Gas Proare selection of illustrations of superficial rather than inUniversity of Illinois, Urbana. ducers. By J. K. CLEMENT, trinsic merit (notably the frontispiece), and the addition of 1909. an appendix containing tables which are already in the Das Erdol, Seine Physik, Chernie, Geologie, Technologie, Etc. possession of all chemists in books of more convenient form. By C. EXGLER and H. HOFER. j bande Band 2 . Geologie, Gewinnung und Transport. Mk. 46, geb. jo. The Scientific and Industrial Bulletin of Roure, Bertrand Fils, of Grasse, for April, I909 (Series 2 , No. 9), while appearPaids. ing rather late contains much matter of interest in connecLead and Zinc Pigments. By C. D. HOLLEY. John Wiley tion with essential oils. Among other articles are these: & Sons. Xew York. Price, $3.00 “The Resin Industry of the Landes;” “Contribution to the Industrial Chemistry. Study of Perfume-Yielding Plants ;” “The Suppression of Fraud So Far as Essential Oils Are Concerned;” “Review Chemistry for Engineers and Manufacturers. By B. BLOUXT of Recent Kork on the Perfumes and Essential Oils.” 8vo. and A. G. B ~ o x a a i . Vol. 11. The Chemistry of hlanupp. 160. facturing Processes. 8vo., cloth, Ill., j 1 4 pp. J. B.
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