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ADDITIONS—NOVEMBER 1913 473
Mathematics
Ball, Walter William Rouse. 510.7 B21
Mathematical recreations and essays. Ed.5. 1911. Macmillan.
Contents: Arithmetical recreations.—Geometrical recreations.—Mechanical recreations.—
Chess-board recreations.— Magic squares.—Unicursal problems.—Kirkman's
school-girls problem.—Miscellaneous problems.—The mathematical tripos.—Three classical
geometrical problems.—The parallel postulate.—Insolubility of the algebraic quintic.
— Mersenne's numbers.— String figures. — Astrology. — Cryptographs and ciphers. —
Hyperspace.—Time and its measurement.—Matter and ether theories.
"Mr. Ball writes with enjoyment of his subject, and in a very agreeable style;
moreover he does not assume the reader to possess any knowledge of advanced mathematics.
. .For those merely in search of diversion he provides a mine of amusement."
Nature, 1905.
Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de. 519.1 L31
Philosophical essay on probabilities; tr. from the sixth French edition
by F. W. Truscott and F. L. Emory. 1902. Wiley.
Interesting discussion of probability, its calculus and its application to natural
phenomena and to such subjects as the veracity of witnesses, decisions of assemblies,
rulings of judges, mortality tables, etc. Original essay was based on lectures delivered
in 1795.
Chemistry
Cramer, William. 547-9 C86
Directions for a practical course in chemical physiology. 1912.
Longmans.
"Subject matter is practically limited to experiments and deductions from the experiments,
and is not meant to supply the full and ordered information obtainable from a
text-book of physiological chemistry." Preface.
Hollard, Auguste. r 541.17 H72
La theorie des ions et l'electrolyse. Ed.2. 1912.
Useful record of much experimental work done on electrolysis, interpreted according
to theory of ionization.
Rambousek, Josef. 543-5 R17
Industrial poisoning from fumes, gases and poisons of manufacturing
processes; tr. and ed. by T. M. Legge. 1913. Arnold.
"References," p.339~354-
Deals with danger from poisoning in many specific trades, discusses treatment of
poisoning, and considers preventive measures. Reviews restrictive legislation in Europe.
Geology
Finlay, George Irving. 552-1 F49
Introduction to the study of igneous rocks. 1913. McGraw.
Elementary work on the microscopical examination of rocks and their quantitative
classification.
Maps—West Virginia. (1913O r 557-54 Ms
Map of West Virginia, showing coal, oil,- gas, iron ore and limestone
areas. 1913-
Issued by the West Virginia geological survey.
Size, 32 1X-16X41 5-8 inches, folded in 8° cover; scale, 8 miles to r inch.