(1) A Treatise on Electro-Metallurgy (2) Modern Electro-plating

Abstract

(1)THE late W. G. McMillan's “Treatise on Electro-Metallurgy “was first published in 1890. The second and third editions appeared before the War. Since 1919 it has been out of print. The fourth edition has now been published with the revision of Mr. W. R. Cooper. Since the publication of the last edition, many advances have been made in the subject. The reviser points out that most of these have been of a minor character, but that in the aggregate they are important, and their inclusion in the new edition has necessitated a good deal of alteration of the text. There has, however, been remarkable progress in certain directions, particularly as regards the electro-deposition of cobalt and the electrolytic extraction of zinc. These advances have been duly chronicled in the present edition. Considerable additions have been made to the section on the refining of copper. In spite of revision in these directions, and the omission of the section on electric welding, the book preserves in the main the characteristics of the first edition.

(1) A Treatise on Electro-Metallurgy.

Walter G. McMillan; revised by W. R. Cooper. (Griffin's Scientific Text-books.) Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Pp. xv + 449. (London: C. Griffin and Co., Ltd., 1923.) 21s. net.

(2) Modern Electro-plating.

W. E. Hughes. (Oxford Technical Publications.) Pp. vii + 160 + 18 plates. (London: Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton, 1923.) 16s. net.