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IT is difficult to assess the value of a book of this kind until one has lived with it for years. Only then can one discover whether any process of trial or selection has led to the inclusion or exclusion of material, or whether-as appears to be the case in this instance-there is no kind of entrance examination prior to admission to its pages. The result is that we have a book containing a very large number of formulae, some attractive in their simplicity (“Liquid brilliantine: light mineral oil, perfume”), some intriguing in their application (such as artificial butter), and others-very many others-which involve the use of materials of undescribed (and hence presumably unknown) composition appearing under proprietary names. It is true, however, that the book is accompanied by a folder quoting many such names, and stating the suppliers of the preparations.
The Chemical Formulary: a Condensed Collection of Valuable, Timely, Practical Formulas for making Thousands of Products in all Fields of Industry.
Editor-in-Chief, H. Bennett. Vol. 1. Pp. x + 595. (Brooklyn, N.Y.: The Chemical Formulary Co.; London: H. K. Lewis and Co., Ltd., 1934.) 6 dollars; 27s. net.
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E., A. The Chemical Formulary: a Condensed Collection of Valuable, Timely, Practical Formulas for making Thousands of Products in all Fields of Industry. Nature 135, 50 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135050b0
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