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(1) PROF. NERNST'S text-book occupies a special position amongst text-books of physical chemistry, written as it is by an author of such eminence as a pioneer and investigator in the science, and of such remarkable powers of exposition. From the chemical point of view no better basis for a work of the kind can be adopted than that of Avogadro's rule, for one of the main practical problems of the chemist is the determination of molecular concentrations. Gas densities, osmotic pressures, freezing and boiling points of solutions, conductivity of electrolytic solutions, and electromotive forces are all measured with this primary object in view, and therefore Avogadro's rule is at the root of them all. On this sound chemical basis, then, with the aid of the two laws of thermodynamics, the author has built. His ideas are always clear cut, his expression of them is always ordered and concise, and his mathematical proofs are of special neatness and brevity. It is no wonder, then, that although the book is scarcely intended for beginners, it should have reached a sixth edition in German and a third in English. The advanced student and teacher will specially welcome in this latest edition a detailed account of Prof. Nernst's new thermodynamical theorem, of which so much has been recently heard.
(1) Theoretical Chemistry from the Standpoint of Avogadro's Rule and Thermodynamics.
By Prof. W. Nernst. Revised in accordance with the sixth German edition by H. T. Tizard. (London: Mac-millan and Co., Ltd., 1911.) Price 15s. net.
(2) Higher Mathematics for Chemical Students.
By J. R. Partington. Pp. v + 272. (London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1911.) Price 5s.
(3) Abhandlungen der Deutschen Bunsen-Gesellschaft fr angewandte physikalische Chemie.
Zweiter Band, Nr. v., Messungen elektromotorische Krafte gal-vanischer Ketten, mit wasserigen Elektrolyten. By R. Abegg, Fr. Auerbach, and R. Luther. Pp. x + 213. (Halle a. S.: W. Knapp, 1911.) Price 8.40 marks.
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W., J. (1) Theoretical Chemistry from the Standpoint of Avogadro's Rule and Thermodynamics (2) Higher Mathematics for Chemical Students (3) Abhandlungen der Deutschen Bunsen-Gesellschaft fr angewandte physikalische Chemie . Nature 88, 74 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/088074a0
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