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THE authors of this book, which is essentially one for the laboratory bench, are of opinion that there is room for a small volume containing all the necessary description for the laboratory preparation of gases, &c., together with the reactions of metallic and acid radicles, in a concise form, and some of the more simple quantitative experiments suitable for students. In the treatment of a few technical matters, such as the valuation of fuel, the simple examination of oils, the viscosity of oils, and the characteristics of explosives, the volume is in advance of most similar laboratory manuals, but the plan of interleaving the text with blank pages for the student's own notes cannot be unreservedly recommended. Many teachers find that such an arrangement is conducive neither to neatness nor originality in the pupil's expression of his own observations. The method has, however, its advantages; and the objection to it does not affect the text, which provides a good course of experimental work in chemistry suitable for technical students and others.
Laboratory Note-Book for Chemical Students.
By Prof. Vivian B. Lewes J. S. S. Brame. Pp. viii + 170 (with alternate blank pages). (Westminster: A. Constable and Co., 1899.)
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Laboratory Note-Book for Chemical Students . Nature 61, 412 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/061412c0
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