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THIS remarkable book contains in a single volume (i.) an introduction to general chemistry, covering 258 pages, contributed by Prof. Matula of Vienna, (ii.) a section on inorganic chemistry, covering 325 pages, (iii.) a section on organic chemistry covering 483 pages of the volume. Under these conditions a considerable measure of compression has been necessary. On the whole, this has been carried out judiciously, since most of the interesting topics in chemistry are referred to. It is, however, surprising that the largest number of entries in the name-index is under Neuberg, whose work in physiological chemistry, which is almost unknown to workers in pure chemistry, receives 46 entries, as com pared with 36 under E. Fischer, 28 under von Baeyef and under Willstatter, and 18 under Werner. This is, however, less remarkable than the single entries only under the names of Bragg, of Pope (a reference to optically active compounds of tin), and of Walden (a reference to liquid sulphur dioxide as a solvent), and the, complete omission of the familiar names of Lapworth, Lewis, and Langmuir.
Kurzes Lehrbuch der Chemie in Natur und Wirtschaft
Von Prof. C. Oppenheimer. Nebst einer Einführung in der Allgemeine Chemie. Von Prof. J. Matula. Pp. xx + 862. (Leipzig: Georg Thieme, 1923.) 25s.
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Kurzes Lehrbuch der Chemie in Natur und Wirtschaft. Nature 113, 158 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113158a0
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