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This volume, published a s a supplem e n t t o Spectrochimica Acta, contains the p a p e r s or summaries of t h e p a p e r s presented a t t h a t meeting insofar as they were received b y t h e editors. I t is the first of a series in which the p r o ceedings of each succeeding conference will be reported. About 110 papers are covered, each printed in either English, German, or French, as r e ceived from t h e authors. T h e papers are divided into nine g r o u p s : flame spectroscopy, emission spectrometry, arc emission, spark emission, emission (general), instrumentation of absorption methods, ultraviolet absorptiometry, a n d infrared spectroscopy. I n cluded a r e a n a u t h o r index a n d a subject index. T h e volume is being s u p plied t o subscribers t o Spectrochimica Acta as p a r t of their subscription for 1957.
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Manometric Techniques. 3rd E d . W . W . U m b r e i t , R. H . Burris, a n d J . F . Stauffer. iii + 338 pages. Burgess Publishing Co., 426 South Sixth St., Minneapolis 15, M i n n . 1957. $6.50. This new edition is published in keeping with plans announced b y t h e a u t h o r s in earlier editions for revising t h e volume as necessary. T h e authors point o u t t h a t t h e use of classical manometric methods has declined somewhat in recent years, coincident with increasing use of spectrophotometric methods. T h e y did n o t feel t h a t this should p r o m p t a n y reduction in coverage of manometric techniques, b u t were impelled t o a d d a chapter on spectrophotometry. Another addition is a chapter devoted t o t h e design of chromatographic procedures. Because of rapid advances in technique, extensive revisions have been m a d e in t h e c h a p t e r on isolation of particular components of t h e cell, as well a s in t h e chapter on analysis of phosphorylated intermediates. T h e book closes with a list of about 675 literature references dealing with various phases of t h e subject
The Isotope I n d e x . 3 r d ed. J . L . Sommerville, Editor. 128 pages. Scientific E q u i p m e n t Co., P . O. Box 5686, Indianapolis 19, I n d . 1958. $3 in U . S. a n d Canada, $3.50 elsewhere. T h e third " I n t e r n a t i o n a l E d i t i o n " of T h e Isotope Index lists t h e source of every known commercially available isotope as of M a y 1, 1957, according to t h e publishers. I t includes b o t h stable a n d radioactive isotopes, a n d (Continued on page 53 A)
