Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry

Abstract

THE revision of this book has been carried out by Dr. Irving, who states in the preface that “he has been at pains to preserve the essential character of the book”. Thus, while the numerical data have been extensively revised, only minor changes have been made to the subject–matter. The reviewer feels very strongly, however, that it would have been worth the extra cost of repagination to have omitted many of the old graphical formulas, as well as details of, for example, hyponitrous acid, hydrazoic acid and the thionic acids, which are scarcely suitable for students at this stage. Incidentally, this would have provided space for the inclusion of one or two modern processes, such as the manufacture of nitric acid from ammonia, which ought to have been mentioned in this edition. Apart from these criticisms, and perhaps the debatable point of whether it was wise to omit the electronic theory of valency, the reviser appears to have accomplished his task successfully. Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry Dr. J. W. Mellor. New edition, revised by Dr. H. Irving. Pp. xx + 690. (London, New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1941.) 9s.