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THE second edition of Mr. Rickard's book has been thoroughly revised and enlarged. It is a useful guide to the writing of technical papers, and, although the worst examples of faults to be avoided are more often found in the technical press of the United States than in Great Britain, even a superficial student of publications on applied science must have noticed that such slovenly expressions are being increasingly used. The new sections include a chapter on “The Wrong Word” and another on punctuation. The sections on style are slight but sound, the aim of the author being to encourage clearness and simplicity in the statement of facts.
Technical Writing.
By T. A. Rickard. Second edition, re-written and enlarged. Pp. ix + 337. (New York: J. Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1923.) 10s. net.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 114, 640 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114640d0
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