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THE second supplementary volume of Thorpe's “Dictionary of Applied Chemistry” departs from the original plan only in that it was not found possible to include an index, which will be published with a glossary in a third volume. Some of the articles are supplementary to those which appeared in the main series of volumes, for example, those on naphthalene by Prof. W. P. Wynne and Miss Turner, on proteins and their degradation products by Dr. W. V. Thorpe, on radioactivity and radium by Dr. A. S. Russell, on spectroscopy by Dr. R. A. Morton, on terpenes by Prof. J. L. Simonsen and on vitamins by Dr. L. J. Harris. On the industrial side, there is a very fully-documented article by Prof. J. R. Partington on the utilisation of atmospheric nitrogen, a long and well-illustrated article on petroleum by Dr. A. E. Dunstan, in addition to supplementary articles on sodium and potassium by Dr. R. N. Kerr, and on paint and varnish by Dr. R. 8. Morrell.
Thorpe's Dictionary of Applied Chemistry. Supplement
By Prof. Jocelyn Field Thorpe Dr. M. A. Whiteley. Vol. 2: N —Z. Pp. xx + 727. (London, New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1935.) 60s. net.
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Thorpe's Dictionary of Applied Chemistry. Nature 136, 7 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136007a0
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