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VOL. 3

ANCE 28

Conditions in the paper market having improved, the pub-
lication of this list will be continued until further notice

No. 4

NEW TECHNICAL BOOKS

A SELECTED LIST ON INDUSTRIAL ARTS

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NEW TECHNICAL BOOKS

Titles marked with a star (*) are not for circulation, and may be consulted in the Technology Division, Room 115, Central Building, Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street, daily from 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. Sundays, 1 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Aeronautics

1. Bedell, Frederick. Airplane characteristics. A systematic introduction for flyer and student and for all who are interested in aviation. 8°.

Ithaca, N. Y.: Taylor & Co., 1918.

123 p.

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Simple introductory treatment of the principles of sustentation, relations in flight, resistance, and stability, with a glossary and a series of charts showing thrust and power characteristics, as well as sketches of control apparatus. Author, who is Professor of Physics at Cornell University, states that urgency has prompted publication at this time, and that nine additional chapters will be included in the second edition soon to be published.

2. *Hayward, Charles B. Practical aviation. An understandable presentation of interesting and essential facts in aeronautical science. 2. ed. Chicago: American Technical Society, 1919. 784 p. illus.

8°.

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Second edition contains a large amount of new material and naturally emphasizes the military side and "the amazing development of speed and weightcarrying." There are details of typical fighting machines and a section on armament and protective devices, aerial photography, and instruments.

3. Pagé, Victor W. The A-B-C of aviation. A complete, practical treatise outlining clearly the elements of aeronautical engineering with special reference to simplified explanations of the theory of flight, aerodynamics and basic principles underlying the action of balloons and airplanes of all types. A non-technical manual for all students of aircraft. This book includes instructions for lining up and inspecting typical airplanes before flight and also gives easily understood rules for flying... New York: N. W.

Henley Pub. Co., 1918. xi, 274 p. illus. 8°.

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4. *White, J. Andrew. Practical aviation for military airmen... New York: Wireless Press, cop. 1918. viii, 197 p. VDY

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8°.

A surprising amount of cleverly arranged information has been packed into this volume, the purpose of which is to assist "student aviators who, rising to military emergency, have to prepare in the shortest possible time." Treats concisely of flight theory, elements of design, equipment, instruments, practical flying, meteorology, and the details of aerial combat. Has an excellent glossary with the pronunciation of French equivalents carefully indicated. Author is Chief Signal Officer of the American Guard and author of the Signal Corps Manual.

Chemistry

5. Abraham, Herbert. Asphalts and allied substances, their occurrence, modes of production, uses in the arts and methods of testing. New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1918. xxv, 606 p. illus. 8°.

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This welcome book of reference, comprising over 600 pages and more than 200 illustrations, is designed for the works chemist engaged in testing and analyzing raw and manufactured products; to assist the refinery or factory superintendent in blending and compounding mixtures; to enlarge the knowledge of the salesman; and to expound the principles underlying the practical application of bituminous products for structural purposes. Of especial interest are such subjects as petroleum asphalts; fatty acid pitches; bituminized roofings, floorings and other fabrics; and bituminous paints, cements, varnishes and japans.

6. Bone, William Arthur. Coal and its scientific uses. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1918. xv, 491 p. pl., illus., diagr., tables. 8°. (Monographs on Industrial Chemistry.)

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Beginning with a chapter on the general and statistical aspects of the coal question from a national standpoint, there follows a review of the present state of science regarding the origin and chemistry of coal, including its distillation, oxidation, and combustion. The latter part of the book is devoted to a consideration of the principal economic and industrial uses of coal as a fuel, to each of which one or more chapters have been assigned. The volume closes with an account of the subject of surface combustion. Author was Chairman of the British Association Fuel Economy Committee, 1915-1917.

Reviewed in Gas world, Oct. 5, 1918; Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, Nov. 15, 1918; Chemical trade journal, Aug. 24, 1918; Gas journal, Aug. 20, 1918. 7. *British Association for the Advancement of Science. Report for 1917. London: John Murray, 1918. xxiv, 264 p. 8°. * EC

A large part of this annual deals with the various developments in the field of colloidal chemistry, with some excellent bibliographies. Also contains a long report of the Committee on Science in Secondary Schools.

8. *Chemical Society, London. Annual reports of the progress of chemistry for 1917. London: Gurney & Jackson, 1918. ix,

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264 p. PKA Reviews the work of the year in general, physical, inorganic, organic, analytical, physiological, and agricultural chemistry, vegetable physiology, and crystallography and mineralogy. Abundant footnote citations facilitate further study.

9. *Colver, E. de W. S. High explosives, a practical treatise. London: Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1918. xxix, 830 p. illus. 8°.

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The aim of this bulky volume is "to record all the useful information regarding the manufacture of these compounds, their properties and uses for both military and industrial purposes, with details as to the processes and plant involved, together with a short description of the sources and recovery of the raw materials required."

"A very good book, and one moreover which clashes so little with Marshall's

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