Modern Physical Laboratory Practice
1940; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 146; Issue: 3699 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1038/146386a0
ISSN1476-4687
Autores Tópico(s)Various Chemistry Research Topics
ResumoUNTIL recently, when the physicist wanted a good advanced book on a branch of the subject, he expected to find it in a bibliography of German books. Now he is far more likely to find what he wants in an American publication. The present volume is a striking example. Three physicists, an astronomer and an architect have collaborated to produce a guide of outstanding excellence to the many special techniques now apt to be needed in the advanced or research laboratory. Two chapters at the end of the book deal with moulding, casting, and various workshop operations in metals, together with instrument design, including kinematical design. The rest of the book covers glass-blowing, optical work of all kinds, from grinding to surface coating, high-vacuum technique and such electrical instruments as electrometers, electroscopes, Geiger counters, photo-electric cells, amplifiers, and vacuum thermopiles. Modern Physical Laboratory Practice By Prof. John Strong, in collaboration with Prof. H. Victor Neher, Prof. Albert E. Whitford, Dr. C. Hawley Cartwright, and Roger Hayward. Pp. x + 642. (London, Glasgow and Bombay: Blackie and Son, Ltd., 1940.) 25s. net.
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