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 rountename 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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BOOK REVIEWS F. It. Shsnlcy surveys the correlations avsilnhle to the engineer for use in design of structural systems a t higher temperatures where time dependent effects must he considered. References to more extensive literature sources are given. Thus thc introductory chapter may serve as a, rovier for the student whose background includes a prior course in stress analysis. Alternatively, it may serve as a. survey chapter augmented I?? more intensive coverage of supplemental material by the inntructor. In the succeeding chapters attention is centeredon plastic deformnt,ion. Content of the book is not limit,ed to elevated temperature phenomena. I n particular,
the early section of the hook contains chapters on the nature of dislocations, h e havior of dislocetions, and thermodynamic properties. Figures illustrating crystal defects are quite clear. The middle chapters in the book include coverage of theories of creep, mechanism of fracture, and theories of fatigue. Succeeding chapters are on mare specialized topics. Chapters eight and nine discuss experimental evaluation of creep and stress rupture and the role of grain boundaries in these phenomena. These and the final chapters in the hook are better documentod than the earlier material, though perhaps necessarily so because of the greater emphasis here on experimental investigations. The book concludes with chapters an alloying for creep resistance, on mechanical properties of ceramic materials. on deformation
phenomena, on thermal stresses and thermal shock, on unsteady state creep, and on damping and resonance fatigue. As a reference book for the instructor or for students' supplemental reading " M e chanical Behavior" can be recommended. Literature references through 1959 are eked by the various authors, and the book contains both an author and a subject index. The suitability of "Mcchsnical B e havior of Materials a t Elevated Temperatures" as s. textbook will depend very much upon instructional needs. For the instructor possessing already extensive lecture notes the book may suffice far the students' supplementary reading. For a newly organized course, a text with a. more definite outline may be needed as a primary text.
M. M. G ~ E S O N Harueu Mudd College Claremont, California
The Chemical Formulary.
Volume 11
Edited by H . Bennett, Cheminform Instit,ute. Chemical Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1961. 416 pa. Tables. 14.5 X 22.5 em. $8. Hundreds of new recipes me included in this latest addition to the well-known series. This work belongs in libraries ~vililableto acsdcmic chemists who get asked such questions as, "How can I make R mothproofing mlution?"
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