The Periodic Law

Abstract

THIS book may be viewed in two aspects—as a body of information and as a narrative. As a body of information it is very comprehensive. In no other work dealing with the periodic law, so far as the present writer knows, has the statistical information been set forth so fully and discussed in such detail. The author deserves all the credit due to a laborious compiler, and it may seem ungrateful to make any qualification in acknowledging such services. Little seems to have been omitted in the way of facts. The more recent work on tellurium is not adequately dealt with, nor is there a reference to the calculations of Strutt in reference to Prout's hypothesis, but there is little occasion for complaint on this head and much to acknowledge. There is a good deal of historical detail as well, and on all these grounds Mr. Garrett's book will no doubt find its way to chemical libraries and be valued as a book of reference.

The Periodic Law.

By A. E. Garrett. International Scientific Series. Pp. vi + 294. (London: Kegan Paul and Co., 1909.) Price 5s.