and pnsily understood. There are many formulae and equations, including t,he one of some raleulus. This book should be of value to persons concerned with problems of waste treatment in that i t presents under one cover material otherwise presant only in vnrioua ,ia,n-nnla.
GERMAN INFLUENCE UPON ENGLISH EDUCATION AND SCIENCE, 1800-1866
George Hoines, IV, Professor of American History, Connecticut College. Connecticut College, New London. Connecticut, 1957. xii 1 0 6 pp. 1 6 X 23.5 cm. $3.50.
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CHEI~ICAL hi~tol.i&n~ will wekome this eamprehmsive, wcll documented tt.eat.ment of an important phase in educational and economic history. The entire rotme of British rhemianl history might have been greatly altered if the government and the Anglican Chnrrh had not so long neglceted or even opposed thorough training in t,he sciences. England x a s getting along without such programs, so why rhange? The function of the instit+ tiom of higher learning was t o turn out clergymen: t o educatp t,he great mass of the ~ x q h might lend them t o efforts to
~ . i f iabove ~ thrir n ~ t u r s l station. Thia attitude, which was not s h a l d hy the Scotch, led to n. sitnation in which young men bent on securing a scientific education were forced t o go ahroad. The German rulers had recognized the importance of the seicnco cnrrierrla, and they furthered the growth of the science faculties for both military and economic reasons. Prince Alhert, a native of Germany, had received a broad education; he was fully aware of the necessity of the training in sciences such as u.ns avai1;thle in Liehig's labomtory s t Giessen. Albert was rhicfly responsible for the founding of The Royal College of Chemistry but his early death was soon followed by the closing of this promising srhool, whose most famous student was the discoverer of mauve, o. feat whose ccntcnary w s celebrated in 1956. The xut,hor has traced the German influence particularly in hiology and chemistry. An extremely valuable feature is the extensive chart in which 325 scientists active in Britain during this period s1.e nnalyaed as t o nationality, place of training, and field of artivity. These valuable data reveal the tremendous contribution of German 8rhool~t o British science in the first three qnarters of the nineteenth century. This is an intermtino, ~rholarlyhook and n r e d rontril,ution to an important chapter in t h r hist,ory of chemical eduration. RALPII E. OESPER u ~ l v l n s l ~OF r C,AC,NS.,TL
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MODERN METHODS OF MICROSCOPY Edited by A. E. 1. Vickers, Thermal Syndicate Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne. Butterworths Scientific Publications, London, 1956. 114 pp. Many figs. and tables, 1 8 X 24.5 cm. Hard paper cover. $3.50. THIS small volume comprises a series of articles on modern microscopy reprinted from Research. These articles cover recent developments in electron, reflecting, fluorescence, metallnrgicnl, phanc, interference, flying spat and X-ray microscopy. Also included are rhapte1.8 on numerical values and quantitative determinations and surface micra-interferomotry. While much mare extensive coverage of some of tho individual areas auch as electron, phase, metallurgical, and polnrining microscopy is available, and more extensive literature review eovwage l i k e wise is available in reviews such as thosf appearing from time t o time in Analytical Chemistry, no single comparable hook is svailable which treats all of the modern methods of microscopy. Most of the articles artre in the form of reviews, well referenced, covering not only rerent, d ~ v o l o ~ r n e n t sin instrumentation and application but also basin theory, historical and early developments. I t is a n excellent book for its siee and moderate priw. CHARLES M4RESH Crra*Ml" COMPINI ROUNDBROOX, N e r ~JBRBEI
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