Abstract
“CLOWES AND COLEMAN” is so well known that it is only necessary to state that the new edition will be found as useful as those of the past. There are a few points which might be suggested in the way of improvement. The method of weighing by vibrations is so superior to the zero method that it is now generally used, but the statement that “consecutive swings to the right and to the left must finally be equal in extent” (p. 9) is not satisfactory. The correct method should be explained. The methods used in the calibration of volumetric apparatus are also approximate only, but are suitable for elementary students. The analysis of industrial products is a special and valuable feature, but some of the newer methods (e.g. the reduction of nitrates by Devarda's alloy) are not given. The range of exercises is extensive, and the book may be recommended to students and analysts as an excellent introductory treatise and work of reference.
Quantitative Chemical Analysis: Adapted for Use in the Laboratories of Colleges, of Technical Institutes, and of Analysts.
Dr.
F.
Clowes
J. B.
Coleman
By. Twelfth edition. Pp. xxiv + 576. (London: J. and A. Churchill, 1924.) 18s. net.
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Quantitative Chemical Analysis: Adapted for Use in the Laboratories of Colleges, of Technical Institutes, and of Analysts. Nature 113, 488 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113488a0
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