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PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
and modern procedures, and to present the subject of analytical chemistry as
it is today. The theoretical aspect has been stressed throughout, and numerous
cross-references are given to Chapter 1 (the theoretical basis of quantitative
inorganic analysis).
No references to the original literature are given in the text. This is because
the introduction of such references would have considerably increased the size
and therefore the price of the book. However, a discussion on the literature of
analytical chemistry is given in the Appendix. With the aid of the various volumes
mentioned therein - which should be available in al1 libraries of analytical
chemistry - and the Collective Indexes of Chemical Abstracts or of British
Chemical Abstracts, little difficulty will, in general, be experienced in finding the
original sources of most of the determinations described in the book.
In the preparation of this volume, the author has utilised pertinent material
wherever it was to be found. While it is impossible to acknowledge every source
individually, mention must, however, be made of Hillebrand and Lundeii's
Applied Inorganic Analysis ( 1929) and of Mitchell and Ward's Modern Methods
in Quantitative Chemical Analysis (1932). In conclusion, the writer wishes to
express his thanks: to Dr. G. H. Jeffery, A.I.C., for reading the galley proofs
and making numerous helpful suggestions; to Mr. A. S. Nickelson, B.Sc., for
reading some of the galley proofs; to his laboratory steward, Mr. F. Mathie,
for preparing a number of the diagrams, including most of those in Chapter VI,
and for his assistance in other ways; to Messrs. A. Gallenkamp and Co., Ltd.,
of London, E.C.2, and to Messrs. Fisher Scientific Co, of Pittsburgh, Pa., for
providing a number of diagrams and blocks;* and to Mr. F. W. Clifford, F.L.A.,
Librarian to the Chemical Society, and his able assistants for their help in the
task of searching the extensive literature.
Any suggestions for improving the book will be gratefully received by the
author.
ARTHUR 1. VOGEL
Woolwich Polytechnic, London, SE18
June, 1939
*Acknowledgment to other firms and individuals is made in the body of the text.
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