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THIS is a new and considerably enlarged edition of a book which we have previously noticed (December 21, 1893). We then declared our belief in the writer as one capable of stating with all clearness and necessary accuracy the various laws, and of showing their practical application by means of appropriate examples. In its present form, he appeals to a more advanced class of student than hitherto; and the question arises whether the accuracy which was sufficient in an elementary statement is adequate in a more advanced exposition. With regard to the main part of the volume, we answer in the affirmative. The author has evidently been at great pains to secure lucidity and simplicity without a sacrifice of precision; and we cordially recommend the book to those who are willing to use it rightly. By this last phrase we mean to imply that it should be read to the accompaniment of prolonged work in the laboratory under the personal guidance of an efficient teacher. Granted this accompaniment, we think the book will be very helpful, to· those who are not taking physics as a principal subject of study, and who therefore do not wish to be confused, by the bewildering detail and complication which larger treatises supply.
The Tutorial Physics. Vol. ii. Higher Text-book of Heat.
By R. Wallace Stewart Pp. viii + 396. (London: W. B. Clive, 1903.) Price 6s. 6d.
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The Tutorial Physics Vol ii Higher Text-book of Heat. Nature 67, 533 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/067533a0
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