ANNUALSURVEYOF AMERICANCHEMISTRY, VOLUWE IX, 1934. Edited by CIarence J. West. Director, Research Information Service, National Research Council. Published for the National Research Council by the Reinhold Publishing Corporation, New York City, 1935. 396 pp. 13 X 21 cm. $4.50.
nylarsouic acid, phenylbenzoyldiazomethane, y-phenylbutyric acid, phenylglyoxal, phloroacetophenone, n-propyl sulfide, Reinecke salt, ar-tetralone, trichlorwthyl alcohol, and veratronitrile. An appendix contains later references to preparations in preceding volumes, and additions and corrections for preceding volumes. The method used for the preparation of phenylglyoxal illustrates the use of selenium dioxide as an oxidizing agent. This important reagent is finding many uses, and the appearance of this synthesis is timely. The inclusion of directions for the preparation of several aliphatic compounds with Long carbon chains reflects the considerable present-day interest in this type of malecule. A methodfor preparing diazomethane from nitrosomethylurea should be welcomed; the reagents necessary for synthesizing the substituted urea are cheap and available in every laboratory. It is to be hoped that two methods submitted by Hans Fischer for preparing pyrroles are a forecast of the appearance in later volumes of examples of his remarkable porphyrin syntheses. The choice of preparations has been well made; the carefully planned diversification of types results in a well-balanced volume. The procedures described are clear and explicit. Print, paper, and binding are excellent. NATHANL. DRAKE OF MARYLAND U~lv~nsrrv
The current volume of the Survey comprises the following chapters. Theories of S o l u t i o n ~ M a r t i nKilpatrick The Kinetics of Homogeneous Gas Reactions-0. K. Rice S u b a t o m i c ~ J a s e p hE. M a y a and Donald H. Andhews Thermodynamics and Thermochemistry--George S. Parks Colloids-S. S. Kistler Contact CatalysisArthur F. Benton American Photochemistry during 1933 and 1932-W. Albert Noyes, Jr., and A. B. F. Duncan. Radioactivity-Natural and Artificial-Samuel C. Lind. X-ray Examination of Material-Charles S. Barrett. Aliphatic Compounds-Cecil E. Boord. Carbocyclic Compound-W. E. Bachman and F. Y. Wiselogle. Heterocyclic Compounds-Arthur J. Hill. Non-Ferrous M e t a l e S a m T o y . Advances in Electrochemical P r a c t i c e C . L. Mantell. COLL&DB P*RK, MD. Food Chemistry. 1933 and 1 9 3 P H . C. Sherman. Fermentation-Ellis I. Fulmer and Leo M. Christensen. FRENCHPRONUNCIATION. Mme. Jeanne S. Marie. Published Alcoholic Fermentation and BeveragesAlfred J. Liebmann. by the Author; printed by the Planck Printing Co., PhilaTrade Waste Treatment-Willem Rudolfs. delphia, Pa., 1935. iii 70 pp. 14 X 21.5 cm. $0.60. Fertilizers-Albert R. Merz. To the chemist who is not content with a mere sight knowledge Coal and Coal By-product-Horace C. Porter. of French and who would like to be able to pronounce French Petroleum Chemistry and Technology-W. A. Gruse. names and phrases with a reasonable hope of being understood, Textile Chemistry, Dyeing and Finishing-Louis A. Olney. this little booklet should prove very helpful. Naturally a speaking Rubber-H. L. Trumbull. knowledge of a language is not acquired without some oral S o l v e n t ~ EW. . Reid. Chemical Engineering-Theodore R. Olive. instruction, but a greatdeal may be gained by a knowledge of general rules and the commoner exceptions to them. OTTO R~INMWTH This booklet takes up first the vowels and then the consonants in alphabetical order. The rules are stated and numerous illusTAE STWBOF LIFE. Jacob G. Lipman. Columbia University trations are given. Exceptions are also treated. PronunciaPress, New York City. 1935. 30 pp. 15 X 23 cm. Paper. tions are explained by means of their English equivalents rather $0.50. than by the use of diacritical symbols. For the most part this seemsa happy choice. Unfortunately, there is no English equivaThis is a reprint of the Chandler lecture far 1934 delivered by Dr. J. G. Lipman a t Columbia University on December 14, 1934. lent af the French u,and it is'm be feared that the statement that and published originally in Txdudrial and Engineering Chamis- this sound is approximately like u in arguc is sadly misleading try, Vol. 27, pp. 103-10. I t is prefaced by a statement of the enceot in verv limited sections of the couutrv where this word is accomplishments of the author-medalist prepared by Dean H. L. Cvru a charactrriiiic local rnisprontmciation. This, howcwr, is 3 m u m crilieism and merely rmpI~aGrciour former ubsen.ancr McBain. I n his lecture, after presenting the composition of animal and that hook study of pronunci~tionmurr be supplemmted by oral OTTO REINMUTR vegetable matter, Dr. Lipman traces the sources of the raw ma- instruction. terials of life back to the constituents of the earth's nust, the hydrosphere, and the atmosphere. S d l depletion is treated BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL MOTIONPICTURE quantitatively. 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