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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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