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rier transform applications, window functions, and phase correction meth ods. Chapter 15 is an excellent intro duction to the principles of signal av eraging with good illustrations. Chap ter 16 on data displays is tied too closely to the LPS-11 hardware to be of general use. Chapter 17 on peak de tection provides good insight to the problems and approaches for pro grammatic peak detection. Chapters 18 and 19 on the Fourier transform and various applications to NMR and IR data are the best of all. T h e au thor's considerable familiarity with this area lends authority and useful ness to these presentations. There are several problems with this text. First and foremost is the fact that most of the material is useful only to a user of the DEC PDP-11. Because of the complexity of the PDP-11 in struction set and because of the atten tion to operational details, a reader with general interests would find only about five of the 19 chapters useful. It is disappointing that there is no general description of interfacing principles and hardware; Chapter 14 approaches this topic, but succeeds only in describing the functions of the LPS-11 data system. Finally, although the last two chapters, regarding Fouri er transform applications, might be very useful to many readers, the book would be much more valuable if this level of presentation were extended to additional topics of interest, such as the application of smoothing algo rithms, curve-fitting, peak deconvolution, and file searching. Despite the problems mentioned above, the text does accomplish very well the major part of the author's goals—to provide a complete and use ful guide to the implementation of a particular laboratory computer sys tem. The many exercises and program illustrations are most useful for the novice programmer. It should be high ly recommended to the many users of PDP-11 minicomputers.
New Books Analytical Pyrolysis. C. E. Roland and Carl A. Cramers, Eds. ix + 424 pages. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., P.O. Box 2 1 1 , Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 52 Vanderbilt Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017. 1977. $39.25
The proceedings of the Third Inter national Symposium on Analytical Pyrolysis, held in Amsterdam, Sep tember 7-9, 1976, are presented. A total of 50 papers contributed by au thors from the international commu-
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tale, M. Soutif; and some recent as pects in the structure elucidation of natural products, W. Voelter. Lectures are presented in the original language in which they were delivered. Atlas of Thermoanalytical Curves, Vol umes 1-5. George Liptay, Ed. Distribut ed by Sadtler Research Laboratories, Inc., 3316 Spring Garden St., Philadel phia, Pa. 19104. 1977. $175 ($35/volume) This five-volume atlas published in London by Heyden & Sons, Ltd., pre sents DTA, DTG, and TG curves for 350 selected organic and inorganic compounds. T h e atlas is complete with references, notes on curve inter pretation, and experimental data on the changing factors for analyses. In cluded with Volume five is a cumula tive index for the entire set, consisting of an index to compounds, a chemical formula index, and a class index.
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Continuing Series Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy, Part B. Edward G. Brame, Jr., and Jeanette G. Grasselli, Eds. ix + 715 pages. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 270 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016. 1977. $37.50 This is the second of a new series entitled "Practical Spectroscopy Se ries" initiated in 1976. P a r t C, which is yet to be published, will complete Vol ume 1. P a r t Β contains six chapters. T h e first chapter, written by R. P . Young, discusses computer systems. It describes data acquisition from off line and in-line spectrometers as well as the different methods of handling the acquired data for both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Chapter 2, coauthored by R. Nyquist and R. O. Kagel, demonstrates the successful application of infrared and R a m a n spectroscopy to analysis of organic materials. Chapter 3, by D. S. Lavery, covers the uses of infrared and R a m a n spectroscopy in environmental sci ences. Topics discussed include sam ple handling, calibration methods, re mote sensing, and multicomponent
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