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• W4247165526 abstract "ENGLISH chemists will hail with gladness the appearance of the supplemental volume to “Watts's Dictionary.” It was evident almost before the completion of the last volume of the original work, that a supplementary volume would be required very shortly. In these days of progress chemical books are quickly left behind, and it needs energetic measures for our literature to keep pace with fresh chemical discoveries. Chemistry has much to be thankful for at the hands of Mr. Watts. The present volume brings up our knowledge to the end of 1869, and also includes several additions, corrections, &c., which have appeared in 1870 and 1871. The scope of this volume is, as in former volumes, sufficiently wide; the contents are not entirely confined to chemistry, but include articles on electricity, heat, light, &c. The connection between these subjects and chemistry is so close that no book would be perfect which did not enter into and explain some of the effects caused by these forces. The plan of “Watts's Dictionary ” is too well known to require any comment. The present volume is strictly a continuation of the former ones; and, as time rolls on, other supplemental volumes will be required to make this record of chemical history complete. As it is, we now possess in “Watts's Dictionary ” a complete account of chemical discovery up to the end of 1869; and in the abstracts of foreign papers published by the Chemical Society we have a contemporaneous record of all new facts, beginning, however, with the year 1871. It is, perhaps, unfortunate either that Mr. Watts did not bring out his Supplement one year later, or that the Chemical Society did not commence their extremely valuable work one year earlier. At the present time, therefore, we have one year to a certain extent unrepresented. We have, however, gained a great step; instead of having to wait two or three years for the appearance of the “Jahresbericht,” we have now the abstracts of foreign papers a month or so after their publication. It is worthy of remark that Mr. Watts's dictionary has outstripped the “Jahresbericht.” the third volume of which, for 1869, has not yet appeared. The author has fortunately succeeded in obtaining the assistance of some of the former contributors to his work, thus Prof. C. G. Foster contributes two very clear articles on recent discoveries in electricity and heat, whilst Prof. Roscoe has written the articles on “Light and on Spectrum Analysis,” which give a very excellent résumé of the work done in these branches of science, and which, perhaps, might have been lengthened with advantage. The article on “Proteids” is written by Prof. M. Foster, whose name is a sufficient guarantee for its excellence. Dr. Paul and Mr. Wanklyn have also contributed to the Supplement, the latter having written on acetic ether (in part), on butyl alcohols, &c. The only possible objection to this outside help is that, in some instances, undue prominence may be given to certain of the author's theories or remarks, to the comparative overlooking or slighting of the work of other chemists. We must not, however, omit to speak in the highest terms of many of the articles contributed by Mr. Watts himself, such as the extremely clear and succinct account of the aromatic series as explained by Kékulé's hypothesis, the article “On Atomicity,” and many others too numerous to mention. We cannot give the volume greater praise than by saying it is quite equal to the former productions of the author. Since the publication of the last volume, the chemistry of the aromatic series seems to have usurped the principal attention of chemists, as we find by long articles on benzine, on its derivatives and homologues, no less than forty-five pages being thus occupied; then again the substitution derivatives of benzoic acid and of phenol occupy a considerable space. Another subject which seems to have attracted a considerable amount of attention, and to have yielded very interesting results, is that of the alcohol cyanides and nitriles. An article on inorganic analysis, by Bunsen's flame reactions, will be found of great interest, and will repay a considerable study. In fact, the whole volume is most complete, and must be looked on with great satisfaction. A Dictionary of Chemistry. By Henry Watts, &c. Supplement. (Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1872.)" @default.
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