book reviews system thnl, works well in their field, or to he hothered by trivial changes m~ggestod for indexing reasons bnt wilh no advantage otherwise in correctly expressing a st,ructut.e. Cahn's st,atement (p. 5 8 ) echoes the relative ~rnimportnnceof same of the ~xle-making: "Problems, largely theoretical, arising from severe ramificat,ion of aliphatic chains are considered in t,he (IUPAC) rules hnt need not be discrrssed here." The book is impovtant and n s e f d Those who have not read the f i n t or second editions should wad this new one. CHARLES D. H u n ~ Northwstcrn University Evanston, Illinois Gmelinr Handbuch dar Anorganirchen Chemie. 8. Auflage. System Nvmmer 3, Sauerrtoff. Lieferung 8 Edited by E. H. E. Pielseh, A . Kotowski and the Gmelin Instilute. Verlag Chemie, GMBH, Weinheim/Bergviii 421 pp. Figs. s t r a ~ ~ e1969. , and tables. 17.5 X 25.5 cm. $117.50.
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This f i n d Gmelin treat,ment of oxygen is devoted to the hydroxyl and perhydroxyl radicals which are involved in the mechanisms of important organic and inorganic reactions. New test methods yield a.bsolute reaction rate constants for t,hese radical reactions which make i t
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possible t o calculate complex reactions. Separate treatments are provided for the gas phase, for solutions, and for solid matrices in dealing with each radical. A complete index covering all eight oxygen sections of this edition of Gmelin is bound in this volume.
JANET B. TANI ~ R E N College of Wooster Wooster, Ohzo Gmelins Hondbuch der Anorganirchen Chemie. 8. Auflage, System Nummer 57, Nickel. Teil C, Liefervng 2, Srhlurr d e r Koordinotionsverbindungen mit Neutralen und lnnerkomplexbildenden Liganden Edited by the Gmelin Institute. T'erlag Chemie, GMBH, Weinheim/Rergstmsse, 1969. v 749 pp. Flgs. and tables. 18 X 25.5 cm. 8.541l.M.
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Publication of this volume concludes the Gmelin coverage of nickel and its compounds. This section covers the coordination compounds of N i i I I ) with 81dehydes, ketones, quinones, aminoalcohols, amino-N-polyearboxylic acids, and Schiff's bases, as well as ligands containing sulfur, selenium, boron, phosphorus, and arsenic. Compounds of NiiIII) and Ni(1V) conclude the work. The volume is provided with an index in which ligands are listed by empirical formula as well as by name.
JANET B. VANDOREN College of Woocter Wooster, Ohio
Precision Measurement a n d Calibration: Statistical Concepts a n d Procedures Edited by Harry H. Ku. National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 300, Volume 1, 1969. (Order from the Superintendent of Documents, U S . Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 20402; the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Virginia, 22151; or from local U.S. Department of Commerce Field Offices.) 436 pp. Figs. rand tables. 21.5 X 26.5 cm. $5.50. From the Editor's Note: "This volume deals with methodology in the generation, analysis, and interpretation of precision measurement data." The volume contains reprints of 40 papers on statistical concepts and procedures. Four additional long papers are abstracted. Subject and author indexes are provided. WFK
