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tion. 2. Electrostatics. Hermann I. Schlesinger and Har-
vey B, Lemon, University of Chicago. University of Chicago
Press, Chicago, 1933. 1. iv + 25 pp. 2. iv + 26 pp. 8 and
9 figs., respectively. 14 X 20 cm. 35 cents each.
energy and its transformations
The booklet is a study guide to aid the teacher in preparing
the class for the picture, to make clear the objectives of the unit
treated and give additional references and other materials con-
sidered useful in assisting in the interpretation of the subject
matter of the picture. A list of eight specific objectives is fol-
lowed by a three-page presentation of material fundamental to
that of the film. A topical outline of study materials is followed
by suggestions as to how the film may be used most effectively.
Numerous notes at various points in the study outline and nearly
two pages of references at the end are given to aid the teacher
in selecting additional study materials.
This study outline has been very carefully prepared. It is
concise, clear, and scientifically accurate at every point, as far
as the writer is capable of judging. A wide field of subject
matter has been covered and yet the continuity has not been
lost nor interest sacrificed. This outline will be absolutely re-
quired if proper use of the film is to be achieved, and teachers
of the physical sciences everywhere will find it a valuable aid
in the presentation of the unit "Energy," whether the film be
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electrostatics
This booklet is a study guide to aid teachers in preparing the
class for the accompanying picture, and to use the picture most
effectively. A list of ten specific objectives of the study of the
unit "Electrostatics" is followed by three pages of material con-
sidered fundamental to the unit. A short topical outline of study
materials and specific directions covering the use of the film is
followed by fifteen pages covering the subject matter of the film.
Throughout the booklet footnotes serve to supplement and make
more clear statements necessarily short and terse in the film
itself. Two pages of general references are given to aid the
teacher in selecting additional study materials.
This booklet, like all the rest of the series, has been very
carefully prepared. The authors have been able to go directly
to the essentials of the unit and to present them clearly and ac-
curately. A large field of subject matter is covered, yet a definite
continuity has been kept and a clear-cut, definite story is told.
The language used is better adapted to tlje college than to the
high school, but it is never involved nor too technical as is often
the case in a paper of this kind.
This booklet is absolutely essential to the effective use of the
film and of great value to teachers of physical science everywhere.
J. O. Frank
State Teachers’ College
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Principles Metallurgy.
of Donald M. Liddell, Engineer and
Economist, aiid Gilbert E. Doan, Associate Professor of Physi-
cal Metallurgy, Lehigh University. McGraw-Hill Book Co.,
Inc., New York City, 1933. vi + 626 pp. 301 Figs. 15 X
22.5 cm. $5.50.
According to the commonly accepted meaning of the term,
this book is a text upon the subject of general metallurgy, since
it is concerned almost entirely with principles, using specific
examples only as illustrations of these principles. In the pref-
ace the authors state that they have attempted to make a book
that will fulfil two functions: to give the engineering student,
not specializing in metallurgy, a general view of the subject and
to give the metallurgical student a good foundation for his work.
Tt is apparent that these functions have been well fulfilled iii
this text—at least for those teachers who believe that the limited
course in metallurgy to be offered to non-specializing students
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should be of this character. The present reviewer differs some-
what with this view, holding rather to the opinion that the me-
chanical, civil, or electrical engineering student, at least, will
profit to a higher degree from a course which is chiefly concerned
with modem aspects of physical metallurgy. Many other
college teachers believe otherwise, and, in any event, it must be
admitted that the present text is written in an extremely clear
manner and that it is, for the most part, well balanced.
The senior author is responsible for Part I, on Materials Con-
sumed in Metallurgy (48 pp.), dealing with ores, slags and
fluxes, refractories and furnace linings, fuels and their use,
and air and water supply. The junior author has written
Part III (233 pp.), covering the metallic state, alloys, proper-
ties as related to structure, technology of shaping metals, other
physico-metallurgical processes, and slags, bullion, matte and
speiss. Part II (206 pp.), is collaborative and contains chapters
on ore preparation for extraction processes, hydrometallurgical
apparatus and processes, electrometallurgy and electrometallurgi-
cal apparatus, sampling, dust and fume control, and measure-
ment of temperatures (Liddell), and on pyrometallurgica! proc-
esses and briquetting (Doan).
One might wish that the discussion of slags and fluxes had been
illustrated by one or two equilibrium diagrams, merely to illus-
trate the general method of reasoning, since an extended dis-
cussion of slag systems from this standpoint would be out of
place in a treatise of this scope. Fortunately, the general prin-
ciples are given notice in the last chapter, which deals with slags,
matte, bullion, and speiss.
It might likewise seem that as important a subject as that of
flotation deserves more than its approximate one and one-half
pages.
The portion dealing with physical metallurgy is exceptionally
good. The discussions are clear and they are illustrated by
many drawings and photographs which should materially assist
the student in his attempt to grasp modern conceptions as to the
physics of metallurgy.
Whether this book be used as a class text or placed in the library
as a reference book, it will be of assistance to both teacher and
student.
E. G. Mahin
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana
Practical Chemistry. (For Intermediate Science Students.)
N. M. Shah, M.Sc., Karnatak College. The Students’ Own
Book Depot, Dharwar, India. Second edition, 1933. ix -\-
93; iii + 63 pp. and appendices. 32 Figs. 14 X 21.5 cm.
Rs. 1/8.
The laboratory manual is designed for students preparing for
the intermediate science examinations in the Indian universities.
It includes a few experiments in general inorganic chemistry,
but much greater space is devoted to analytical procedures—both
qualitative and quantitative. This emphasis makes the book
unsuited to the conventional courses in American universities.
The illustrations of apparatus and technics are unusually well
conceived, the print is excellent, and there are but few typo-
graphical errors, although incongruity is introduced by the use
of English units of length and metric units of volume.
Scant attention is paid to Br, I, P, As, S, N, and C, except as
these elements are involved in analytical tests. On the other
hand, the student is given thorough opportunity to purify mate-
rials, to determine equivalent weights, to identify pure com-
pounds and mixtures, estimate the solubilities of salts in water,
and to prepare salts by various methods.
The course is designed to be completed in a year’s time with
three two-hour periods per week.
R. A. Baker
College of the
City of New York