BOOK REVIEWS such information. Seldom do such hooks contain authoritative and eomprrhensive reviews whose value exceeds appreciably t,he publication period. Almost never do t,hey reach the high standards and cnt,holic appeal of, far inst,ance, the Disenssioas oi the Famday Society. The book is appropriately dedirated to the late Professor D. C. G ~ a h s m e of Arnherat Collegc. Rarely has one man contributed so murh t o n single discipline a8 did Dr. Grehame to the theory of the electrical double layer a t the eleet,rodesolution interface. His friendly rountenanee is aorely missed hy electrorhemiats everywhere.
E. It. NIGHTINGALE, Jn. Esso Research, & Enginwring Co. Linden, 'Yew Jersey
Ultraviolet a n d Visible Absorption Spectra: Index for 1955-1959 Herberl M . Hershenson, United Airerait Corporation, Eorth Haven, Conneeticut. Academic Press, Inr., New York, 1961. xv 133 pp. 22 X 28.5 em. $8.
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Thia 16,000-entry supplement to the 1930-54 volume covers the puhliahed literature during 1955-59. Each reference gives the journal, volume, page, and in& cntes the spectral range reported. S o actual spectral data are included, but the searcher can probably get to t,he data more easily by mmns of this volume than by wading through C.4 indexes.
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Mechanical Behavior of Materials at Elevated Temperatures Edited by John E. Dorn, Univ~rsityof California, Berkeley. h1eCh.w-Hill Book Co., Inc., S e w York, 1961. xii 529 pp. Figs. and tshles. 16 X 24 cm. $14.50.
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I n the hook edited by Prafc~sorJ. E Dorn, fifteen chapters on the merhxairal behavior of crystalline materials and t,he influenre of temperature on material performance are presented by a dozen mithorities in the field. Thus, the format of this book is murh like that of others in the Univer~ityof California Engineering Extension Series. This particular book in tho serios has auficicnt continuity that it may find use as s t,extbaak for faurthor fift,h-ycar college courses in mwhanies or in rnerhanicnl, metallurgical, or perhap8 civil engineering. S o roverage of electronic imperfertions of cryst,als is given; thus the book ~vauld find more limited ,me as a reference in solid sbate courses in chemistry, physics, or electrical engineering curricula.. The introductory chapter by Professor (Continued on page A332)
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