The Molecular Volumes of Liquid Chemical Compounds from the point of view of Kopp

Abstract

TO anyone interested in the progress and development of science in this country, and in the attitude of the general community towards it, it is a significant and welcome sign that English publishers should now be found willing to undertake the issue of highly specialised works of the kind under review. For nothing would seem more clearly to indicate the spirit which is gradually coming over the community than the fact that there should be a demand, even if limited, for such a book. No doubt this demand has been stimulated by the influence of the more active and progressive teachers in our universities and leading schools of science. This series of monographs on biochemistry, physics, and inorganic and physical chemistry, comprising up to now some three dozen volumes, each the work of an eminent specialist, marks a new departure in the scientific literature of this country. The books are not text-books in the ordinary sense; that is, they are not intended to be used in or to accompany class-teaching. They are addressed mainly to those who have already passed through lecture-room courses, and who before embarking upon the work of investigation in some particular branch of experimental inquiry are desirous of making themselves acquainted with the present state of knowledge in that special department. Their publication at the present time is most opportune.

The Molecular Volumes of Liquid Chemical Compounds from the point of view of Kopp.

By G. Le Bas. Pp. xii + 275. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1915.) Price 7s. 6d. net.