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THE merits of a book on atomic and molecular structure can be judged by a very simple test. If the book merely gives an account of the personal views and impressions of the author, in the form of a long essay on valency, its value is probably not very great; but if it is written with a full sense of historic values, and is based at every point on the study of the original sources, the narrative immediately becomes of permanent value as a guide to the serious student of science.
The Chemical Elements and their Compounds: an Introduction to the Study of Inorganic Chemistry from Modern Stand points.
By Dr. J. A. V. Butler. Pp. xi + 205. London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1927.) 6s.
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The Chemical Elements and their Compounds: an Introduction to the Study of Inorganic Chemistry from Modern Stand points . Nature 120, 836 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120836b0
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