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banate, 3-phenyl-l-propanol, pyridine-N-oxide, 2-(1-pymlidy1)prapanol, stearone, cimtilhene, a-tetralone, 3-thenaldehyde, 3thenoic acid, 3-thenyl bromide, and a,&B-triphenylpropionic acid. The cumulative subject index comprises all msterial contained in Volumes 30 to 33 inclusive, a11 previous preparations having been tabulated in Collective Volumea I and I1 and Volume 29. This volume again conforms completely in size, style, appearance, and quality with all previous releases in the series. I t is significant to note that over 1000 preparations have now appeared in these useful and unique volumes, and earh succeeding number adds materially to the comprehensiveness, total coverage, and value of the series. They can now be regarded, not only ss an indispensable series of annual volumes, hut as an imposing and essential institution in the realm of organic chemistry. This latest addition will again rate s must on the book list of every progressive organic chemist and purchaser of previous volumes of the series. RALPH E. DUNBAR
chapters the author covers the elements fram the inert gases to the radio elements and the actinide series, with the material concerned arranged as groups or subgroups of the periodic table. Although this mode of presentation is commendable for demonstrating the interrelationships of the individually discovered elements, it does lead to a distortion of the historical sequence and in in some instances repetitious. The h w k is directed to the general reader and students of chemistry, not historians of science, and fram this point has much of value, for it doea tell an interesting story. Throughout, the author has interpolated induetrial usage and processes, hut these are too brief to instruct the reader and lead in fact to confusion. It does, hoxvever, cover the discovery of the elements from the Stone Age to the present with ample attention to the develop ments ushered in with the atomic age. Many anecdotes, usually absent from a conventional scholarly treatment, attest to the author's humanism and humor. There are same misprints, incorrect statements, and a lack of early sources, hut these are minor and are orincinallv the concern of the historian.
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L. leon Bogert, formerly Instructor in Medicine, The University of Chicago, Insbuctor in Experimental Medicine, The Yale Medical Schwl, and Lecturer in Chemistry, Connecticut TrainingSchool for Nurses. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. 1953. 648 pp. 168 figs. 14 X 20.5 cm. Seventh edition. xx $4.50.
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THE fact that Professor Bogert's hook is now in its seventh edition testifies to its popularity. I t is, as the title indicates, a book dedicated to what the author considers fundamentals. The material included adequately covers the field of general chemistry but it will be considered by many as lacking in certain areas. Throug'lout the hook there is B dearth of the mathematical applications of chemical principles which one might expect. In spite of the present-day emphasis on atomic, molecular, and crystslline structure studies eomperatively little is offered to introduce the students to this vast field. The exercises at the end of each chapter tend to be fact-srarchine rather than thoueht+xovokine.
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From the teseher's viewpoint it would be a pleasure to use this book. Some of the most interesting areas of chemistry are presented and the book is lavishly illustrated. Those areas of chemistry which are of a more disciplinary nature are not accentuated. Professor Bogert's book should continue to fill the need in the chemistrv curriculum for a. course for students in the liheral-arts
SISTER MARY MARTINETTE, B . V . N . MDNDEZEIN C O L L E CFOR ~ WOMEN Cn~c*oo,ILL IN^
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MAN AND THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
3. Newton Friend, formerly head of chemistry department, Technical College, Birmingham, En-Jland. Charles Griffin & Co., Ltd., London, 1951. x 334 pp. 4 plates. 14 figs. 16.5 X 25.5 cm. 278. 6d.
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T m s book is an extension of a series of articles on "The Historical and Industrial Discovery of the Elements" written by the author over the last ten years. The theme of the present work is the story of when and how the chemical elements were discovered in relation to the hist3r.v of chemistry as a whole. In some 23
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THE FURANS
A. P. Dunlop, Assistant Director, Chemical Research, and F. N. Peters, Vice-President, The Quaker Oats Company. American Chemical Society Monograph Series. Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York, 1953. xir 867 pp. 9 figs. 148 tables. 16 X 23.5 cm. $18.
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THIS monbgraph was written hy two men mho have been assoicated with developments in the field of furan chemistry for many years. Chemical industry early recognized the need for a complete review of furfural and in the thirties one of the authors of the present monograph, Dr. Peters, began to prepare such s. review. The project was dropped and was revived in 1947 with the eoaperatition of Dr. Dunlop. By this time furan chemistry had developed to such an extent that it became imperative that any revier, to be of value at all, include all furan compounds. This monograph is the result of the efforts of Dm. Dunlop and Peters and covers references to the literature to December, 1950. The t,ext is divided into two parts. In Pert One, which represents about seven-eighths of the book, the authors have covered the common types of furan derivatives. In this part there are excellent chapters an the physical chemistry of the furan nucleus; analytical methods for furfural and the physical and chemical properties of this compound; and caLalyLia hydrogenatiou uf furan (contributed by S. Swadesh). Other chapters deal with the chemistry of further furan derivatives. Part Two covers applications of furfural and its derivatives. I t might he stated with assurance that no other heterocycle has received the painstaking review that has been granted these commercially important compounds. There are by rapid count over four thousand references in the text and many of these references are multiple citations. In addition there are ahout 2000 references to furan resin patents. The print maintains the usual high standard of excellence of the inmagraph series. The index is adequate and is printed in both light and boldface type which makes for quick and easy reference. The authors and all who aided in the production of this work are to he congratulated. LIONEL JOSEPH
