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THIS work is an attempt to survey the fieW of chemical technology and to bring the results within the compass of about 800 pages of well-leaded type. It is, lexicographically arranged, fairly well illustrated by β process β cuts, and plentifully interspersed with advertisements, or with references to the many advertisements between which the book itself is sandwiched. As might be anticipated from its origin, it deals mainly with German technology, and is especially rich in references to German patent literature. Another feature in which it differs from the ordinary run of such works is the prominence it gives to theβ nostrums and drugs with which modern chemical manufacturers, more especially in Germany, have flooded the markets of the world. Many of these are only of the most ephemeral interest, and certain of them are no longer in use, either because they have been found to be baneful, or because they have been superseded by others more convenient in use. As their names are to be found in modern pharmacological literature, and are presumably of interest to medical men, a catalogue of them, arranged alphabetically, may possibly be of some service. It must be admitted, however, that the information vouchsafed in the case of many of them is very meagre and not always authentic. Indeed, many of the titles in the book seem to be introduced for no other purpose than to direct attention to a trade advertisement.
Modern Industrial Chemistry, from the German of H. Blucher.
Translated by J. P. Millington. Pp. xvi + 779. (London: Gresham Publishing Co., 1911.) Price 30s. net.
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Modern Industrial Chemistry, from the German of H Blucher . Nature 87, 75 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/087075c0
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