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diammine complex ion from freezing point measurements and of the rate of saponification of an ester by the conductance method. On the other hand, the inclusion of experiments on "Surface Active Substances," "Interfacial Tension," and activity coefficients, is to be commended. An introduction of 19 pages deals with errors, significant figures, graphical rrepresentsi tion of data, and the use of thermometers, manometers, and certain other apparatus. The book is compact and of neat format. The cover design is unusual-the reproduction of a photograph of part of a distillation system-which same might consider inappropriate on the jacket of a physical chemistry manual. The authors are to he commended for the careful preparation of what seems to the reviewer to he an excellent manual. H ~ v m a ~ o nCo~moe o HAYERPORD. PENNBYLV~A~A
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informtttion relating to this plastic has been made available in the technical literature. The author of this volume exhibits thorough familiarity with both British and American processes and applications. His illustrations and references are drawn about equally from the two sides of the Atlantic. He has brought together a great amount of uaeful information, with an extensive hihliogmphy, covering all aspects of cellulose acetate as a plastic. These include its manufscture, the production of film, sheet and molding powder, its fabrication and hishine. and the soecifio a ~ ~ l i c a t i o nofs its
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CHPMIA. VOLUME 3
Editor-in-cbief: Henry M. Leicester. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1950, ix 251 pp. 72 figs. 16 X 24 Em. $4.50.
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THEinternational character of this hiatnriwl annual i~ evident from thc fact that Volume 3 cormins nrticlcr it) four lxnyuap(rs -Eneli~h. - . Fnnch. German, mrl Spanish. This in itnclf makca it almost unique imong &erican~publications. Appropriately enough, the first article, by Henry M. Leicester and Herbert S. Klickstein, deals with the work of the late Tenney L. Davis, the first editor of "Chymia!' It includes a complete bibliography of his contribution to the history of chemistry, which would please Dr. Davis, who insisted upon this feature an a n accompaniment of every good biography. The other outstanding articles deal with: The beginning of chemical instruction in America. This is redly an account of chemistry teaching a t Harvard before 1800, by Bernard Cohen. Lavoisier's experimental apparatus (in French), by Maurice Daumas. Some early American chemical societies. The story of two chemical societies which held sway for a few years in Philadelphia a t the beginning of the nineteenth century is told by Wyndham X,Glnr A.A..ba.
Robert Boyle and Pierre Bayle. George Sarton deals with the lives of these two under the respective subheadings, "Sceptical Chemist" and "Sceptical Historian!' Henri Sainte-Claire Deville. The works of a neglected but brilliant F ~ n e hchemist are recorded by Ralph E. Oesper and Pierre Lemay. Bunsen's "lecture" on general experimental chemistry (in German), by Heinrieh Rheinboldt. T h i ~ was in reality s. course of about 100 loctures which Bunsen nave a t Heidelberg for a d vhis methods and oeliad of 74 consecutive semesters. ~ ~ s t u of hi8 ingenuity in overcoming difficulties will be well rewarding t o present-day teachers of this subject. NORRIS W. RAKESTRAW SC~~P INBTITDT~ON PS OP OOB*NO'~R*PHT LA SOLLA.CAIAFORN~A
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While the commercial manufacture of acetate rayon began in 1919, the utiliaation of cellulose acetate as a plastic did not lind success until about 10 vears l a t e r a f t e r the development of suitable plttsticizers for it: In the succeeding 20 yea& a wealth of
CELLULOSE ACETATE PLASTICS
Vivian Stannett Temple Press, Ltd., B.owling Grsen Lane. London, E.C.I., 1950. rdv 325 pp. 197 figs. 57 tables. 14.5 X 22 cm. 30/-.
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THIS appears to he the first book devoted entirely to cellulose acetate plastics which, the author states, are the most vorsstile of all plastic materials in methods of application. Cellulose acetate plastics reached in 1946 a peak production in the U. S. A. of 103 million pounds, of which more than 80 per cent was used for molding and extrusion.
properties of cellulose acetate plastics particularly interesting and valuable. This book is written in a clear, intelligible style and the printing, including the many illustrations, is excellent. It can be recommended as a. thorough and authoritative treatment of the subject from the industrial viewpoint. HARVEY A. NEVILLE Lenroa Uxrvsnsrm PENN',YLV*N.*
B.TAL.EEY.
THE CHEMISTRY OF THE ACETYLENIC COMPOUNDS VOLUME II: THE ACETYLENIC ACIDS
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Tnrs is the second of a projected series of three volumes reviewing completely the chemistry of acetylenic compounds, presumably exclusive of the acetylenie hydrocsrbans as such. Volume 111is to cover the acetylenie ertrbonyl compounds and miscellrtoeous acetylenic compounds. Volume I: "The Acetylenie Alcohols" was reviewed in THIS JOURNAL, 25, 407 (1948). The comments made there in general apply also to Volume 11. Volume 11, like Volume I, is clearly written, well indexed, thoroughly documented, and minute, and often critical, in its coverage of the literature. The main text surveys the literature through 1948, and an appendix covers most, a t least, of the publications of 1949. This series should he useful both to specialists and to those who desire general information. LAWRENCE H. AMUNDSEN U~rvanarmOP COANBETICDT S ~ o n a sC , omsc~rcm
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ORGANIC SYNTHESES. VOLUME 30
Editor-in-Chief: Arthur C. Cope, Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. John Wiley and Som, Inc., New 115 pp. 4 figs. 15.5 X 23.5 cm. $2.50. York, 1950. vi
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VOLCDII. 30, the I ~ t w in the Wiky Organic S \ ~ ~ t h c sSeries, es was publish~din Septr.ml~:r. Tlw bwk ~ i v e tsl w murt convcniem labor.~rnrymethods for preparing vnrious orga~oicchemical reagents in one-half-pound to five-pound lots, each method being adaptable to large-scale development. This volume, like previ& ones, givesthe equations for the reactions, procedures for production with accompanying notes, and other methods of orenarstion for 39 different oreanic comoounds. The directions have been contributed by 57 dyfferentcoilahoraton in addition to members of the Editorial Board. The suggested directions have heenfurthercheckedorverifiedbycompetentreferenccs. Preparations are listed alphsbetically under common name and Chemical Abstracts indexing names. The subject index comprises material from this volume only, since all previous preparations are listed in Collective Volumes I and 11, or Volume 29.
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PRINCIPLES OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY The present volume contains data on the following additional syntheses: 9-acetylanthracene; 3-aminopyridine; p-aminotetra- Russell R. Williams, J r , Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Uni. phenylmethane; n~rasparticacid; bensoylcholine iodide and versity of Notre Dame. D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., New chloride; n-butylaaetylene; 8-carbethoxy-7,~-diphenylvinyl- York, 1950. ix f 3 0 7 pp. 81 figs. 25 tables. 15 X 22 cm. $3.75. acetie acid; cblomacetonitrile; trar&?-chlorocyclopentanol; Tiit: term "Suclmr Chemietry" in the tirlr of thr Ix~nkis uwd 4,4'-dichlorodihutyl ether; diethyl eia-A4-tetrahydrophthalate and diethyl eis-hexahydrophthalete; 1,4diiodobutane; ethane- in its 1mxdc;r smw, that is to irtcludtt tlruse topics sometimre dithiol; ethylenimine; 5+thyl-2-methylpyridine; ethyl phenyl- more restrictively classified as nuclear chemistry (reactions of cyanoacetate; fumaronitrile; glutaric acid; hexahydro-1,3,5- nuclei and the pmperties of resulting nuclear species), tracer tripropionyl-s-triszine; 2-iodothiophene; Zmercrrptobenzimida- chemistry, and radiation chemistry. The author states in the preface that the book "is intended to serve as the basis for a one zole; methanesulfonyl chloride; N-methyl-2,Mimenthoxyhenzylamine; l-methyl-3-ethyloxindole;methyl 6-thiodipropianate; semester lecture course for advanced undergraduates and graduAs such it will undoubtedly be welcomed by many 1-naphthaldehyde; o-nitroacetophenone; phenylaeetylene; t ~ a w ate students!' l-phenyl-1,3-hutsdiene; rr-phenyl-a-carbethoxyglutaronitrile;or teachers responsible far giving an elementary course in nuclear chemiat,rv. phenylglutaric anhydride; phenylsuccinic acid; Z&pyrazinediThe C s t five chapters (slightly over one-half of the book) cover carboxylic acid; 1,2,3,4,-tetrahydrocarbaaole;cis-A4-tetrahydrophthalio anhydride; tetraphenylarsonium chloride hydrochloride; the subjects that are, strictly speaking, nuclear physics hut which o-tolualdehyde; vanillic acid; vinyl lmrate tendother vinyl ester8 form a necessary background for an understanding of the chemical Since this series began in 1921 these annual issues have become phenomena related to nuclear properties and processes. Topics a necessary part of every chemical library here and abroad. This such as nuclear structure, nuclear decsy, bombardment reactions, latest volume, for all practical purposes, is identical in quality, etc., are presented from an empirical point of view and at times in a verv abbreviated manner. The last four oha~tersdeal with fornl, aplwxmncc, and workmanbhi~~ to other ~ , n v i u umcmbcrsof ~ and include surh suhjcct+H R tlar vhemiwl the series. Many organic rl.rmizts will be glad to note that a r the chenlir.al pla~norner~a of nurlwr can soon cxrrrr Collert~vrV A m c I11 of this itn~ortsntrom- i*Jntion of urwtablo nuclidcr, chcmiclrl con%~quenws rcxetiurla, rlcn~iculcfkcts of nuclcilr rad'atior~~, and ilnalytical pilatiou. applications of nuclear chemistry. RALPR E. DUNBAR The principal difference between this book and others covering N o n ~ xDAIOTA STATE COLLE~E the same general field is the placing of a greater emphasis on the FIRQO.NORTID A ~ W chemical aspects of the subject. Many chemistry teachers will welcome this shift of emphasis and will 6nd this book particularly A GERMAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR CHEMISTS suited to their needs. On the other hand. the reviewer is auite aertain that, there will be msnv who will fekl that the backmdund Austin M. Patterson, Professor Emeritus of Chemidry, Antioch College. Third edition. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1950. xviii 541 pp. 13.5 X 18 cm. $5. for a course a t the graduate level. THISdictionary, which first appeared in 1917, has become part KENNETH STREET. JR. U N ~ V E B ~OC TY C*L,~ORNI.& of the standard furniture of a chemical laboratory. The third BS~X~LE c*,.,ronu,* Y. edition is nearly twice the size of the first. It has been brought thoroughly up to date and follows the latest nomenclature prac-
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MODERN CHEMICAL PROCESSES
By the Editors of Industrial a n d Engineering Chemistry and technical staffs of cooperating industrial organizations. Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York, 1930. 222 pp. 21 X 29 cm. $4.
the strange intricacies of aforeign language. GERMAN-ENGLISH TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING DICTIONARY Louis De Vries, Professor of Modern Languages, Iowa State College. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Ino., New York, 1950. xiv 928 pp. 16 X 23.5 om. $20.
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THIS is a comp~hensivedictionary giving exact definitions of technical terns in common use in the various engineering fields and in chemical technolow. It includes tcrrna u r d in such indusrric~H I aluminum, autonlobile, i n d o n pictures, petrolcum, iron dnd o w l , p:~per,trdlca, and many others. Numerous outstanding technical librarians and educators assisted in its preparation.
BEGINNING in February, 1948, one of the editors of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry has cooperated with members of the technical staff of some organieation to describe comprehensively s. new plant or process, replete with excellent illuatrationa and 5owsheets. In this volume have been collected the 23 articles appearing in 1948 and 1949. Of these, six' describe inorganic processes, and seventeen describe organic processes. All represent new, up-to-the-minute plants and processes. These articles should be useful to students to supplement the older and less com~letematerial found in textbooks. Thia hook., dewite the repetition of ~n:~tcri;,l, will save nuch wrar and tear on the journsls ~ n for ~ itself l in dccerviug of a place on the library aldf.
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