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THIS excellent work had already been printed in Russian when Berthelot's “Traité pratique de Calorimétrie chimique” appeared. The German translation may, however, be welcomed, because its scope differs considerably from that of Berthelot's book. The estimation of heat of combustion is alone dealt with by Longuinine, the rest of thermo-chemistry being left untouched. One of the results of discussing only a part of a subject is that, as far as it goes, this book is remarkably complete. Besides a full description of the calorimetric bomb and the precautions to be observed in its use, an account is given of the older methods of estimating the heat of combustion, which are still used to some extent, owing to the high price of Berthelot's bomb. Under certain conditions, duly set forth in the text, these old methods give exact results. The illustrations are capital, though unfortunately not drawn to scale, and the whole volume is handsome. By some strange mischance, it is not furnished with either an index or a table of contents.
Beschreibung der Hauptmethoden, welche bei der Bestimmung der Verbrennungswärme üblich sind.
By W. Longuinine. Pp. 112, with 4 copper-plates and 21 figures. (Berlin: R. Friedländer und Sohn, 1897.)
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Beschreibung der Hauptmethoden, welche bei der Bestimmung der Verbrennungswärme üblich sind. Nature 57, 364 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/057364a0
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