inquiry," any scientific a r i k r should keep handy a v o h ~ m rsuch as this one. The 800-page cross reference lexicon is designed for pract,iral use. The introducformstion a t 298'K a? discussed hy Martion is written clearly and delighthdly. grave' and now being carried out by the Not only does i t help thc ignorant separate U. S. National Bureau of Standards is tho Greeks from the Latins, hut i t answers pveferzl,le. such pointed questions zs "Is t h new ~ word The Frfunrtion is already, in principle, redly necessary?" with x quotation from bring used in many high sl~errlmachine Joh: "Therefore doth Jah open his mouth rnlci~lations w h r r ~ limited information in vain; he mukiplieth words without storage hut rapid rompnting facilities knowledge." make methods h a a d on standard heats of Dumas should have had this book in formation and Cirt:r~u~tionsmmostfeasible. 1834 when he invent,ed the name a,hich JOHN L. MARGRAVE means grcen ant for the compound CHCl*. 1Jnlver.silv o j Wisconsin m.F. I
