PREFACE 



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In conclusion the author wishes to express his gratitude for 

 the continued support and encouragement given his efforts by 

 his colleagues and students, and by his friends in other institu- 

 tions. Without this cooperation the laborious undertaking 

 would not have been begun and hardly could have been completed 



H. M. FiTZPATRICK. 



Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, New York, 

 Jubj, 1930. 





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