Volume V Part 16 (1/2)
A t.i.t della a.s.sociazione Elethotecnica Italiana (at Rome). A large bi-monthly magazine, strictly technical, devoted largely to theoretical problems of electricity and allied subjects.
Bulletin International de VElectricite et Journal de VElectricite {reunis). A semi-monthly four-page paper dealing with the technical application of electricity in its various fields.
Die Dissozuerung und Umwandlung chemischer Atome, by Dr. Johannes Stark, 1903. Price 150 m. ”A comprehensive view of the application of the electron theory to certain phenomena.”--Nature, May, 1904.
Die Kathodenstrahlen, by G. C. Schmidt, Brunswick, 1904.
”A concise and complete account of the properties of the cathode rays.”--Nature, June, 1904.
Electrical Engineer.
Electrical Magazine.
Electricity. A weekly journal, published by the Electricity Newspaper Co., New York. Devoted largely to questions of the practical application of electricity, but dealing also with the theoretical side.
Elements of Electro-magnetic Theory, by S. J. Barnett, Le-land Stanford, Junior, University. Macmillan & Co., 1904.
($3.)
Handbuch der Physik, by Dr. A. Winkelmann, Leipzig, 1904. ”An indispensable storehouse of expert knowledge.”--Nature, July, 1904.
Hardin.
Rise and Development of the Liquefaction of Gases, New York, 1899.
La theorie de Maxwell et les oscillations hertziennes, la Telegraphie sans flt by H. Poincare, Paris, 1904 (price 2 fr.). Interesting studies of light, etc. An interesting brochure.--Revue Scientifique, July, 1904.
Le radium et la radioactivite, by Paul Besson, Paris, 1904 (price 2 fr. 75). A good exposition of the known properties of radium, marred, however, by an attempt to put in accord science and religion--a propos du radium! --Revue Scientifique, July, 1904.
Lehrbuch der Physik, by Von O. D. Chwolson, St. Petersburg, 1904. 2 vols. out. First vol. covers general physics and mechanics. Second vol.
sound and radiant energy. ”Excellent and quite comprehensive.”--Science, review.
Park, Benjamin.
The Intellectual Rise in Electricity, New York, 1895. This is a popular account of the progress in the field of electricity from Gilbert to Franklin.
Radium and all About It, by S. Bottone, London, 1904. Published by Whittaker & Co. Price is. ”An accurate account of the most important phenomena.”--Nature, June, 1904.
The Physical Review. A monthly journal of experimental and theoretical physics. Published for Cornell University by the Macmillan Company. 263
Theory of Heat, by Thomas Preston, F.R.S. Second edition just out.
Macmillan & Co., 185.
VII.-CHEMISTRY
American Chemical Journal. Edited by Ira Remsen, president of Johns Hopkins University. Published monthly at Baltimore, Maryland. Price $5 per annum. A strictly technical journal.