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THERE can be no doubt that this book, the first edition of which was reviewed in NATURE of October 14, 1920, p. 208, has been greatly improved by revision. It is now more balanced in treatment, is very well printed and bound, and is probably the best elementary treatise on chemistry of the day. The inaccurate historical note on oxygen (p. 28), which was mentioned in the former review, has been toned down, but is still somewhat incorrect. Apart from the very clear and modern account of the chemistry of the common elements, the book contains a large number of brief notes on important matters (vitamins, enzymes, atomic structure, isotopes) not often met with in elementary manuals.
Smith's Intermediate Chemistry.
Revised and rewritten by Prof. J. Kendall and E. E. Slosson. Pp. xv + 566. (New York: The Century Co.; London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1922.) 8s. 6d. net.
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Smith's Intermediate Chemistry. Nature 111, 356 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111356e0
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