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THIS is a text-book written by teachers who have aimed at making the subject interesting and also are aware of the usual difficulties encountered by young pupils. It includes details of a number of instructive experiments which can be performed in the classroom or laboratory, and the many little hints given in these descriptions show that the authors appreciate the conditions under which the experiments will be successful. All teachers will be well advised to have a copy of this book, if for no other reason than the help they are likely to obtain from the descriptions of the experiments. Emphasis is laid on everyday aspects of chemistry and there are some excellent plates of industrial apparatus, etc. The text is clear and well arranged, and there is a good selection of examination questions. The treatment throughout is from the modern point of view and the arrangement of topics will be found to work well in actual teaching.
An Elementary Chemistry
A. H. B.
Bishop
G. H.
Locket
By. Pp. 398. (Oxford: Clarendon Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1936.) 4s. 6d.
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An Elementary Chemistry. Nature 139, 394 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139394d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139394d0