Annual Tables of Constants and Numerical Data: Chemical, Physical, Biological and Technological (Tables annuelles de constantes et données numériques de chimie, de physique, de biologie et de technologie)

Abstract

THESE volumes of the “Annual Tables”, and especially vol. 9 containing the data recorded during 1929, have several features of interest and importance. Their binding is the familiar dark green cloth that clothed their predecessors, but there are interesting differences in their content. Vol. 1 of the series contained the data published during 1910 and was in many respects an experiment; it was clear that some such annual compilation was an urgent need in every scientific library, but the best way of presenting the data, the best way of arranging chemical compounds of all types and all the editorial details, could only be reached by experiment and with the help of friendly criticism. As the succeeding volumes appeared, alterations and improvements were made. Then the War came and, as happened to most international experiments, publication had to be suspended.

Annual Tables of Constants and Numerical Data: Chemical, Physical, Biological and Technological. (Tables annuelles de constantes et données numériques de chimie, de physique, de biologie et de technologie.)

Vol. 8: Années 1927–1928. Part 1. Pp. xl + 1101. Part 2. Pp. xxi + 1102–2706. 500 francs. Vol. 9: Année 1929. Pp. 1 + 1607. Tables des matières du Vol. 9, année 1929. Rédigée par G. Kravtzoff. Pp. xxiv + 124. Vol. 9, with Index, 400 francs. (Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Cie; New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1931–1932.)