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(1) THIS small manual is intended as a first-yeartext-book for schools where three or four hours per week are devoted to the subject. The book is divided into two portions; the first, theoretical, and consisting of about 100 pages, deals with units of measurement, length, area, volume, density, pressure, and force. The second part consists of 76 laboratory exercises bearing on the subject-matter of the first portion. In addition, examples for home work are given at the ends of each chapter. The book is written in clear and simple language, and the illustrations are good. The section on “Mixtures,” p. 51, is ill-chosen. A theoretical calculation of the density of a mixture as there indicated will most probably differ from that obtained practically by the pupil, owing to change in volume on mixing. Again, good practical results cannot be obtained from the pendulum experiments if carried out according to the directions indicated on p. 85, viz.:—
(1) First Year Physics.
By Charles E. Jackson. Pp. vii+112. (London: Methuen and Co., n.d.) Price 1s. 6d.
(2) Einführung in die Elektrochemie.
By Prof. W. Bermbach. Pp. iv+140. (Leipzig: Quelle and Meyer, 1907.)
(3) Magnetism and Electricity and the Principles of Electrical Measurement.
By S. S. Richardson. Pp. viii+596. (London: Blackie and Son, Ltd., 1908.) Price 5s. net.
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(1) First Year Physics (2) Einführung in die Elektrochemie (3) Magnetism and Electricity and the Principles of Electrical Measurement. Nature 79, 246 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/079246a0
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