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MR. LORING'S work on the chemical elements is, like its predecessor “Atomic Theories,” a distinguished piece of amateur work, and will be of interest to research-workers in these subjects, although its shortness, dis-jointedness, and, at times, lack of sound judgment, unfit it for unqualified use by students. “Amateur “is used advisedly and without offence, because it is plain that the author has not always thought out matters for himself; he does not write like one inside the subject. This is shown by his uncritical respect for authority and by his putting forward new and good ideas at the same time that he is expatiating upon the dullest of commonplaces. He does not always get behind his numerical relationships in the Periodic Classi fication to see how important or how trivial are their consequences.
The Chemical Elements.
By F. H. Loring. Pp. ix + 171. (London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1923.) 8s. 6d. net.
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The Chemical Elements. Nature 113, 157 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113157b0
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