Abstract
THIS book begins with a general account of dry reactions and reactions in solution, attention being paid both to the manipulative and the theoretical aspects. Then follows the usual account of metals in groups with their tests, and afterwatds come the acids. The remaining third of the book is devoted to what is called organic analysis, and here appears the most distinctive feature, namely, a list of tests for a great variety of organic substances—acids, alcohols, sugars, nitrogenous bases, glucosides and alkaloids. The intention of the author, as declared in the preface, has been “to write a book in which theory and practice are more or less dovetailed.” It is difficult to find any realisation of this in the large section devoted to organic substances, but the treatment of the inorganic section is more in accordance with the stated object.
Qualitative Chemical Analysis, Organic and Inorganic.
By F. Mollwo Perkin Pp. viii + 266.(London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1901.)
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S., A. Qualitative Chemical Analysis, Organic and Inorganic . Nature 64, 397 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064397b0
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