Author : Wilhelm Ostwald
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ISBN 13 : 9781330544594
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (445 download)
Book Synopsis Manual of Physico-Chemical Measurements, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) by : Wilhelm Ostwald
Download or read book Manual of Physico-Chemical Measurements, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Wilhelm Ostwald and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Manual of Physico-Chemical Measurements, Vol. 1 Again, physical chemistry has the peculiarity that its methods and appliances are daily being extended and altered, so that the experimenter must have a large stock both of material and of practical artifices at his command as a provision against the constantly changing problems he encounters. I have therefore devoted a considerable space to the discussion of these practical matters. In the first place, I have striven to combat that helplessness nowadays so prevalent amongst experimenters, who have to resort to the mechanic for every trifle, because they cannot trust themselves to bore a hole or solder on a wire. I must confess in this connection that I have always taken a special pleasure in "pottering" and making things for myself. Many of my investigations have been conducted with home-made apparatus, and the advantages I derived from this mode of working have been so considerable that I cannot refrain from urging my fellow-workers to adopt it. A book such as this can of course make no pretension to completeness. There will undoubtedly be many devices and appliances which I have left unnoticed, and for the measurement of some of the magnitudes there may be simpler or more accurate methods. I therefore ask the assistance of my colleagues into whose hands the book may come, and shall be grateful for any hint which will lead to its future improvement. I have restricted the tables to those which are absolutely essential; the excessively accurate work of Landolt and Bornstein contains everything else that is necessary. The value of the book I hope to have increased by giving reprints of the tables on separate sheets, so that in actual work the whole volume need not always be kept open before the student. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
