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IN this revised edition of a well-known and valued work, the account of the earlier period has been greatly extended and new material has been added in most parts of the text. A valuable feature of the book is the attention given to American chemists; it is not generally known, for example, that Crafts was an American, although much of his work was done in France. The history is brought down to recent times, although some of the sections dealing with atomic structure are now in need of revision, and the statement on p. 406 as to the possible future use of the electron theory in organic chemistry needs rewording, in view of the extensive applications which have been made in this field. The text is very accurate and very few slips have been noted; among these is the statement on p. 337 that Mitscherlich was Russian, and the name Rausch on p. 429 for Ruark. The book is most attractively written and displays a truly philosophical outlook throughout; the new edition may be cordially recommended both to students and also the general reader. The large number of interesting illustrations should be specially mentioned.
A History of Chemistry
Dr.
F. J.
Moore
By. Revision prepared by Prof. William T. Hall. (International Chemical Series.) Third edition. Pp. xxi + 447. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1939.) 20s.
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Chemistry. Nature 145, 294 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145294b0
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