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ADDITIONS—MAY 1913 241
Rutherford, Ernest. 537-53 Rg3ra
Radioactive substances and their radiations. 1913. Cambridge University
Press.
Comprehensive work, authoritative and suggestive, giving present (1913) knowledge
of the subject concisely and accurately.
"His new work is one of those which are inevitably and indubitably standard works."
Knowledge, 1913.
Useful Arts
Industrial education. 1912. Columbia University. 607 I24
Contents: The school and industrial life, by J. E. Russell.—Fundamental values in
industrial education, by F. G. Bonser.
Macomber, William. 608 M13
Engineers' handbook on patents. 1913. Little.
"Omitting legal phraseology and terminology to the utmost, I have endeavored to
state in plain words those things which the inventor, the industrial leader, and especially
the engineer, want to know." Preface.
San Francisco, Panama-Pacific International r 606 S195
Exposition, 1915.
[Preliminary pamphlets on the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
1912.]
Thornley, Thomas. 677.2108 T41
Cotton waste; its production, manipulation and uses. 1912. Scott.
Concerned particularly with sources of cotton waste and reasons for its production
and with cleaning, carding and spinning machinery for utilizing it.
Walton, Perry. 677 W19
Story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning
and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed. 1912.
Lawrence.
Comprehensive and interestingly written. Particular attention to American developments,
especially in the cotton industry.
Medicine, Hygiene, Accidents
Benedict, Francis Gano, & Joslin, E. P. qr 616.631 B43S
Study of metabolism in severe diabetes. 1912. (Carnegie Institution
of Washington. Publication no.176.)
Hessler, Robert. 614.715 H49
Dusty air and ill health; a study of prevalent ill health and causes.
1912. Privately printed.
"Sets down in rather rambling sequence the observations of a family physician of
many years' experience in city and country practice, who has formed a strong belief
that dust is the greatest single cause of disease." Survey, 1913.
United States—Commerce committee. r 614.868 U253t
"Titanic" disaster; hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee
on commerce, United States Senate, 62d congress, second session,
pursuant to S. res. 283, directing the Committee on commerce to investigate
the causes leading to the wreck of the White star liner