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THE annual publication of these reports is not an event that evokes widespread interest or comment, yet the reports are always welcome to a goodly number of specialists. They are not original in the strict sense, because they are mainly compilations from the abstracts of original papers that have appeared during the year under review. Nevertheless they are very useful: they save the worker much valuable time; they instruct him concerning advances in branches of applied chemistry of which he has no expert knowledge; and if he believe what his testimonials state, that he has “a good all-round knowledge of chemistry,” after reading these reports he will lose his conceit and confess his general ignorance.
Reports of the Progress of Applied Chemistry.
Issued by the Society of Chemical Industry. Vol. VIII., 1923. Pp. 618. (London: Society of Chemical Industry.) 12s. 6d. net, post free.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 114, 403 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114403a0
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