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THIS is principally a collection of data obtained on the Raman effect between 1931 and 1934. The substances whose spectra are described are grouped according to their chemical constitution, one fifth of the space being devoted to inorganic compounds and four fifths to organic compounds. In making the compilation, Dr. Magat has attempted to assess the relative reliability of the work of different authors where more than one investigation has been made of a particular substance, and, where necessary and possible, has given mean wave-numbers. He has also made an individual contribution of considerable value in making an attempt to correlate intensity data. It is a pity that so little attention is usually paid to accurate measurement of intensities when the original plates of the spectra are obtained. The methods of photographic photometry are not unduly difficult, and in the present case the technique is often simplified by the fact that the spectrum is comprised within a small wave-length range. There is little doubt that much of the work described here will have to be repeated ultimately on this account, when it becomes necessary to compare it with the rapidly developing theory of polyatomic molecules.
Tables annuelles de constantes et données numériques de chimie, physique, biologie et technologie
(Annual Tables of Constants and Numerical Data; Chemical, Physical, Biological and Technological). Donnees numeriques sur l'effet Raman: spectres, intensites, modes de vibration (Numerical Data on the Raman Effect: Spectra, Intensities, Vibration Patterns). Par Dr. M. Magat. Annees: 1931 à 1934. Pp. 112. (Paris: Gauthier-Villars; New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1936.)
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Tables annuelles de constantes et données numériques de chimie, physique, biologie et technologie. Nature 138, 743 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138743a0
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