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RICHTER'S manual has been available in English over a long period of years, and the need for successive editions is a sufficient indication of the esteem in which it is held by students and teachers. A valuable feature of the latest edition is the replacement of references to the Centralblatt by those to the originals from 1910 onwards, some additional references being included. The character of the book is too well known to require explanation. It is essentially a descriptive account of compounds, the theory being kept to a minimum. The brief statements of preparations and properties, with numerical data, make it a valuable work of reference, but the large amount of ground covered makes it hard reading for students.
Organic Chemistry: or Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds.
By Victor von Richter. Edited by Prof. Richard Anschutz and Dr. Fritz Reindel. Vol. 1: Chemistry of the Aliphatic Series. Newly translated and revised from the 12th German edition (after the translation of the 2nd English edition by Dr. Percy E. Spielmann) by Eric Newmarch Allott. Pp. xiv + 790. (London: Kegan Paul and Co., Ltd.; Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son and Co., 1934.) 35s. net.
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Chemistry . Nature 134, 615 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134615b0
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