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Book  Reviews. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
April,  1919. 
An  Advanced  Course  in  Quantitative  Analysis  with  Ex- 
planatory Notes,  by  Henry  Fay,  Ph.D.,  D.Sc,  Professor  of 
Analytical  Chemistry  in  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology. First  Edition,  v  +  11  pages.  New  York,  John  Wiley 
and  Sons,  Inc.;  London,  Chapman  and  Hall,  Ltd.  Cloth,  $1.25 
net. 
Intended  primarily  for  students  of  the  above  mentioned  insti- 
tution who  have  finished  the  introductory  course  in  "  Qualitative 
Analysis,"  the  title  unfortunately  does  not  enable  one  to  judge  the 
contents  which  are  as  follows : 
Part  I — Mineral  Analysis  : 
Sampling  for  Analysis;  Determination  of  Silica  in  Decomposa- 
ble and  Refractory  Silicates,  of  Potassium  and  Sodium  in  Sili- 
cates ;  Analysis  of  Spathic  Iron  Ore ;  Determination  of  Sulphur 
in  Pyrite,  of  Titanium  in  Titanium  Iron  Ore ;  Iodometric  De- 
termination of  Copper ;  and  Proximate  Analysis  of  Coal. 
Part  II— Metal  Analysis: 
Phosphor-Bronze ;  Carbon,  Manganese,  Phosphorus,  Sulphur, 
Copper,  Nickel,  Chromium,  Tungsten,  and  Vanadium  in  Steel  ; 
Phosphorus,  Sulphur  and  Silicon  in  Cast  Iron. 
Concluding  with  Tables  of  Atomic  Weights  and  Logarithms  (4 
place)  and  the  Index. 
Methods  of  analysis  are  followed  by  a  series  of  explanatory 
notes  in  which  attention  is  directed  to  the  reasons  for  prescribed 
procedures,  to  errors  that  are  possible,  to  advantages  which  one 
method  may  have  over  another,  to  the  influence  of  certain  constit- 
uents upon  the  properties  of  metals  or  alloys  and  to  literature  ref- 
erences. 
The  excellent  plan  followed  in  this  book  could,  with  advantage, 
be  used  in  books  taking  up  other  lines  of  quantitative  analysis.  A 
close  inspection  of  the  book  has  disclosed  but  few  necessary  correc- 
tions or  suggestions.  On  page  28  the  coefficient  in  the  formula  of 
water  is  transposed.  On  page  no  (index)  magnesium  is  proper 
where  printed,  but  in  the  text,  pages  18-19,  giving  directions  for 
certain  manipulations,  no  reference  is  made  to  the  fact  that  mag- 
nesium is  being  determined  nor  is  even  the  composition  of  the  final 
product  given,  except  in  the  explanatory  notes  on  page  27.  Man- 
ganese is  not  given  in  the  index,  but  it  was  found  that  the  last  two 
lines  under  magnesium  related  to  manganese. 
Frank  X.  Moerk. 
