The brief announcement which we made on Friday concerning publication of "The Dictionary of Applied Physics" may well be supplemented with additional details in view of the importance of the work to the world of industry. The Dictionary, published in five volumes by Messrs Macmillan, has been produced under the editorship of Sir Richard Glazebrook, K.C.B., D.SC., F.R.S.) and represents the first attempt made to bring within the compass of a single publication the latest results of research in Physics as applied to industry. The Dictionary 1 arranged in five volumes, "s follows:
Vol. 1. Mechanics—Engineering and Heat.
Vol LI. Electricity.
Vol. III. Meteorology, Metrology, and Measuring Apparatus.
Vol. IV. Optics, Sound and Radiology Vol. V. Metallurgy and Aeronautics.
Such a work should unquestionably be of great value to the man-facturer, and should take its place as a standard work with Thorpe's. Dictionary of Chemistry, which has proved of such inestimable value in recent years, Each volume has from
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