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THIS is one of the text-books of science which are being edited by Mr. T. M. Goodeve and published by Messrs. Longmans. The series is intended to supply a want that has long been felt of exact and complete works on mechanical and physical science for the use of schools, and for the self-instruction of working men. A difficulty must have been experienced by many who are engaged in teaching science, when asked to recommend a small and inexpensive text-book, which may at the same time be so simply and clearly written as to be useful to those who have not had a scientific education, and who have not the advantage of being able to attend long courses of lectures. Many popular books on scientific subjects have been written, but they are not unfrequently somewhat inaccurate; difficult questions being often omitted, or, what is worse, treated in a superficial manner which is likely to mislead the student, inducing him to believe that these questions are very simple, and deluding him with the notion that he knows all about them. He is thus frequently disappointed at a subsequent period by finding that on studying the subject more minutely, it is much more complex than he at first imagined, and that many of the simple ideas which he had carefully fixed in his mind have to be discarded, and new ones acquired.
Metals, their Properties and Treatment
By C. L. Bloxam, Professor of Chemistry in King's College, London; Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Military Academy, and in the Department of Artillery Studies, Woolwich. Pp. 296. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1870.)
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Metals, their Properties and Treatment . Nature 3, 264 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/003264b0
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