processes in general. Mr. Rogers is head of the Department of Industrial Chemistry, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. Reviewed in Journal of the Franklin Institute, Dec., 1925. *Rouch, J. Les méthodes de prévision du temps. Paris: Félix Alcan, 1924. 280 p. illus. 12°. 10 fr. PRO (117) "In comparison with Exner's great work, this of Rouch is a simple popular book treating historically in clear French, without mathematics, the various forms under which the problem of weather forecasting has been proposed, from the earliest times to the present decade. The outlook is practical." L. F. Richardson in Nature, Oct. 10, 1925. Russell, Bertrand. The A. B. C. of relativity. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1925. 231 p. 8°. $2.50. PAT (117) Subject delightfully and simply set forth with only the slightest dash of easy mathematics. The name of the author is enough to recommend the book. *Scharroo, P. W. Technisch woordenboek in vier talen: Nederlandsch-DuitschEngelsch-Fransch. v. 4: Electrotechniek, by G. J. Van de Well. Amsterdam: Van Mantgem & de Does, [1924]. 484 p. 12°. VB (121) "The words and expressions are classified in various chapters and placed in alphabetical succession, as far as the Dutch language is concerned, with the addition of their German, English and French equivalents. The words are further arranged in a Dutch, German, English, and a French register, with reference to the page and line on which the word is to be found in the first four-languages vocabulary." Preface. Schlesinger, H. I. General chemistry. London and New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1925. vi, 631 p. illus. 8°. $3.75. PKO (119) Selvidge, R. W., and ELMER W. CHRISTY. Instruction manual for sheet-metal workers. Peoria, Illinois: The Manual Arts Press, 1925. 167 p. illus. 8°. (Selvidge series of instruction manuals.) $1.50. VND (121) Well-illustrated apprentice book emphasizing fundamental operations rather than particular jobs. Bibliographical references and questions at chapter endings, Authors are teachers in the University of Missouri and the public schools of Cincinnati respectively. Spooner, Henry J. Machine design, construction and drawing. Text-book for the use of young engineers. London and New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1925. xxiv, 762 p. 5. ed. illus. 8°. $7.00. VFE (121) "A treatise which has reached a fifth edition is its own best advertisement... The opening chapters give a great deal of useful information on the selection and use of drawing materials and on elementary geometry. The characteristic feature of the remainder of the volume is the great wealth of illustrations of machine and engine details. These are accompanied by clearly written descriptions and much excellent comment. Special attention has been paid to the design of petrol motors." - Engineering, Dec. 5, 1924. *Sproxton, F. Cellulose ester varnishes. London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1925. 178 p. 8°. (Oil and colour chemistry monographs.) 15s. VOP (119) "There was a distinct need for such a volume... It may be described as being eminently 'practical.' Proper, but not undue, weight is given to theoretical considerations. It is obviously written by one who fully appreciates the pitfalls which beset many young academic chemists brought into contact with industry.' Chemical age, London, Oct. 10, 1925. Also reviewed in Oil and Colour Chemists' Associa tion journal, Sept., 1925; Chemistry and industry, Sept. 11, 1925; Oil and colour trades journal, Aug. 8, 1925. Stewart, Oliver. The strategy and tactics of air fighting...with an introduction by W. G. Barker. London and New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1925. 195 p. VDY (121) diagrs. 12°. $2.25. "I think that this is the first book in which an attempt has been made to sift the evidence of the more successful air fighters and to deduce from it definite strategical and tactical methods... It does not deal with bombing, reconnaissance, photography or naval or military co-operation."— Preface. *Stratton, F. J. M. Astronomical physics. London: Methuen and Company, Ltd., 1925. xi, 213 p. illus. 8°. 12s. 6d. ORD Devoted principally to the use of the spectroscope in determining the characteristics of the heavenly bodies. Author is lecturer in the University of Cambridge, England. Reviewed in Philosophical magazine, Dec., 1925. *Tammann, Gustav. The states of aggregation. The changes in the state of matter in their dependence upon pressure and temperature... Authorized translation from the second German edition by R. F. Mehl. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1925. xi, 297 p. diagrs. 8°. $5.00. PLD (119) "A very complete outline of the equilibria in onecomponent systems, and includes the work for which Professor Tammann is so well known, namely, the experimental and theoretical work upon crystallization and melting at ordinary and also at high pressures. Translator's preface. Reviewed in Journal of the Franklin Institute, Dec., 1925. Thayer, Horace Holden. A pocket book of ship materials and their uses for the use of all interested in the design, construction, or operation of vessels of any description, or their machinery or equipment. New York: Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co., 1924. 386 p. 8°. $4.00. VXH (121) Has chapters on steel and iron, non-ferrous metals and compositions, piping, valves, flanges and fittings, timbers and lumber, substitutes for natural wood, calking materials, canvas, bunting and felt, deck coverings. cement and concrete, insulating materials, packings and gaskets, ropes, chains and blocks, wood preservatives, galvanizing and sherardizing, paints, and launching lubricating materials. Also has numerous lists and tables. Reviewed in Marine review, July, 1925; Shipbuilding and shipping record, April 30, 1925; Motorship, May, 1925. *Thompson, A. Beeby. Oil-field exploration and development, a practical guide for oil-field prospectors and opera tors, with which is incorporated a discussion of the origin and distribution of petroleum, and notes on oil-field legislation and customs. London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1925. 2 v. xxiv, 1177, 32 p. illus. 8°. £6.6s. VHY (117) In consequence of the startling rapidity of developments in all sections of the oil industry, the eminent author, found it impossible to revise his Oilfield development, which went out-of-print in 1922. work He has therefore published an entirely new running to nearly 1200 pages in 2 volumes and attractively and copiously illustrated. Volume 1 deals with the distribution and origin of oil, formation of oil-fields, characteristics of oil measures, oil field structures, oil indications, geology of fields in different parts of the world, and the properties and treatVolume 2 deals with drilling, lining of ment of oil. wells, location and isolation of oil-field waters, petroleum recovery, equipment, storage and transport, and natural gas. Useful tables and data. "An admirable treatise by a recognized authority of the first rank.' Petroleum world, Dec., 1925. Also reviewed in Oil news, Nov. 21, Nov. 28, 1925; Mining journal, Jan. 16, 1926. *Toch, Maximilian. The chemistry and technology of paints. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1925. x, 413 p. 3. ed. rev. & enl. illus. 8°. $5.00. VOP (119) With the exception of a chapter on lakes and toners and added information concerning China wood oil, this edition is largely a reprint of the 2d edition, 1916. Vanderwalker, Fred Norman. House painting methods with the brush and spray gun; industrial painting on steel, iron, cement, brick and wood surfaces. Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co. [cop. 1925.) 6 p.1., 17-382 p., 2 1. illus. 12°. $2.00. VEY (121) Detailed instruction concerning exterior painting by the editor of The American painter and decorator. Covers materials, methods and tools, with chapters on woods, estimating, stains and staining, defects and remedies, and the planning and equipment of the shop. * Veen, R. W. van der. Mineragraphy and ore-deposition, with an introduction by J. F. Kemp. v. 1. The Hague: G. Naeff, 1925. xv, 168 p. illus. 8°. PWH (117) Treats of the investigation of polished slabs of opaque minerals by means of reflected light. Describes technique, identification of minerals, and the characteristics of the principal semi-metals and metals. Author, now deceased, was Professor of Economic Geology in the Polytechnical University of Delft, Holland. *Verein deutscher Eisenhüttenleute, and others. Richtlinien für den Einkauf und die Prüfung von Schmiermitteln. Düsseldorf: Verlag Stahleisen, 1925. 81 p. 4. ed. nar. 8°. VON (119) Thirty-seven specifications for lubricants intended for special purposes, with a chapter on methods of testing. Ward, Robert De Courcy. The climates of the United States. Boston: Ginn and Company, 1925. xvi, 518 p. maps, diagrs. 8°. $4.00. PRV (117) "The general plan of the book is a cross-section of United States climates by elements, rather than a treatment of climates, section by section. Near the end, however, a chapter is devoted to the characteristics of the several climatic divisions of the country. The historical development of United States climatological work is discussed in the opening chapter and in is continued throughout in the textual and footnote references. The human aspects of the climatic features are woven into the book as an essential part, and near the end the most important two phases, climate and health, and climate and crops, receive special treatment separate chapters. The book concludes with a brief summary of the climates of Alaska... A masterpiece of its kind and will long stand as the book to which one must turn for a foundation on which to build any further contributions to the climatology of the United States. Charles F. Brooks in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Nov., 1925. Also reviewed in Science, Nov. 30, 1925. Weber, Gustavus A. The Bureau of Standards, its history, activities and organization. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1925. xv, 299 p. illus. 8°. (Institute for Government Research. Service monographs of the United States government. no. 35.) $2.00. VBDI (121) "As the individual activities each year are numbered by the thousands, they cannot all be described or even listed here, but an endeavor is made to give a fairly accurate idea of the general nature and scope of the bureau's work... The service which the bureau renders to the national government is of the greatest importance. In its work on specifications, testing, scientific and technical researches, standardization, and housing, it acts as a great consulting laboratory for the other branches of the government and is instrumental in effecting great savings in government purchases and services.' - p. 79-80. *Weimarn, P. P. von. Die Allgemein heit des Kolloidzustandes, Kolloides und kristalloides Lösen und Niederschlagen... aus dem Russischen übersetzt von S. F. Slokasow. Bd. 1. Dresden: Theodor Steinkopf, 1925. xvi, 504 p. 2. rev. and enl. ed. illus. 8°. 25 mks. PLD (119) "Based on the idea that the colloid state is a fundamental property of matter and that bodies can at will be obtained in either colloid or crystalloidal modifications, and that all crystalloidal matter can be transferred quantitatively into the worlds of colloids. This idea is illustrated by means of numerous experi ments, most of which are easy to reproduce in an ordinary laboratory, and is facilitated with the aid of 134 illustrations and numerous tables. A substantial part of the volume is devoted to the history of colloid chemistry. The writings of von Weimarn have already had considerable influence on the study of colloids and the simplification of the whole subject. It is a book which should be read by every progressive chemist." Chemical age, London, Oct. 10, 1925. Whitehead, Alfred North. Science and the modern world. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. xi, 296 p. 8°. $3.00. OAN (121) The Professor of Philosophy in Harvard University bases his work on the Lowell lectures delivered by him in 1925. and enamel practice which may serve as a guide to technical and non-technical reader alike." Covers the manufacture and characteristics of pyroxylin, a discussion of the various solvents, non-solvents, plasticisers, gums and resins, pigments and dyes, with chapters on bronzing liquids, metal and wood lacquers, lacquer enamels, application of lacquers, and analytical methods. Woodruff, L. F. Principles of electric power transmission and distribution. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1925. v, 340 p. illus. 8°. $4.00. VGM (121) "Intended to serve primarily as a text-book for senior and graduate students in electrical engineering, students who are already familiar with fundamental single-phase and polyphase circuit theory, and with the operating characteristics of the more important types of alternating-current machinery. A familiarity with the use of complex quantities in alternatingcurrent calculations is presupposed... Description of apparatus and equipment has been reduced to a minimum consistent with the understanding of prin ciples involved." Preface. *Zsigmondy, Richard. Kolloidchemie. Ein Lehrbuch. Part 1. Leipzig: Otto Spamer, 1925. xii, 246 p. 5. rev. & enl. ed. illus. 8°. 11 g.m; 13.50 g.m. (bound) PLD (119) Fifth revised edition of an authoritative work first published in 1912. "There is only one achievement in the annals of science with which Zsigmondy's work can be compared, and that is Pasteur's researches on bacteriology. In either case the name of the man is inseparably linked with the science which he has created. The most striking feature of the present volume is the clarity of presentation of theory and the close adherence to the practical application which is never lost sight of." Glass industry, Sept., 1925. INDEX Numbers refer to pages Accidents: Egli, 49. Accounting: Curtis, 48. Aggregation states: Tammann, 55. Autoclaves: Goodwin, 50. Automobiles (Electric): Marshall, 53. Calculus; Noerlund, 53; Osgood, 54. Chemistry: Mellor, 53; Schlesinger, 55; Chemistry (Analytical): Boettger, 48. Chemistry (Organic): Holmyard, 51. Coal Tar: Bunbury, 48. Colloids: Hatschek, 51; Zsigmondy, 57; Color Blindness: Collins, 48. Costume: Lester, 52. Crafts: Hall, 50. Drainage: Pickels, 54. Dictionaries: Scharroo, 55. Distillation: Hausbrand, 51. Electric Meters: Lanphier, 52. Electrical Machinery: Woodruff, 57. Enamels, lacquers: Wilson, 56. Fermentation: Allen, 47. Flood Control: Pickels, 54. Flour: Amos, 47. Foundations: Jacoby, 51. Fourier's Theorem: Eagle, 49. Fuel: Booth, 48. Furnaces (Electric): Escard, 49; Lebeau, 52. Gas Meters: Gilbert, 49. Gems: Kraus, 52. Geology: Henderson, 51. Gloves: Merrill, 53. Iron, History: Johannsen, 51. Knitting: Merrill, 53. Lubrication: Osborne, 54; Verein Deutscher Eisenhüttenleute, 56. Machine Design: Spooner, 55. Machinery. Erection: Croft, 48. Marine Engineering: Drover, 49. Molybdenum: Eardley-Wilmot, 49. Motor Boats: Modern motor boat designs, Motorships: Hardy, 50. Oscillographs: Irwin, 51. Paints and Painting: Osborne, 54; Toch, Petroleum: American Petroleum Institute, Physics: Courant, 48; Duff, 49; Stratton, Pigments: Langton, 52. Pitches: Langton, 52. Pyroxylin Wilson, 56. Radio: Lodge, 53; Loomis, 53; Pritchard, Rare Earths: Levy, 52. Rectifiers: Mueller, 53. Refractory Materials: Litinski, 53. Relativity: Russell, 55. Roof Coverings: Blake, 47. Sheet Metal Work: Selvidge, 55. Ship Models: Davis, 49. Shipbuilding: Thayer, 55. Smoke Prevention: Booth, 48. Sound: Lamb, 52; Hart, 50. Spectroscopy: Stratton, 55. Statistics: Fisher, 49. Sulphuric Acid: Parrish, 54. Sugar: Bardorf, 47; Pringsheim, 54. Thermodynamics: Badger, 47. U. S. Bureau of Standards: Weber, 56. Varnish: Sproxton, 55. Water Works: American Water Works Weather: Rouch, 55. Wire Drawing: Dunell, 49. 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