A Guide to the Literature of Chemisry

Text extracted from opening pages of book: A GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE OF CHEMISTRY BY E. J. CRAME Editor of Chemical Abstracts AND AUSTIN M. PATTERSON Professor of Chemistry, Antioch College Formerly Editor of Chemical Abstracts NEW YORK JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL, LIMITED 1927 PREFACE The literature of chemistry is like a great, inspiring mountain with a core of rich ore. It is inspiring because the work of great men, of many earnest investigators, is recorded there. v To obtain anything like full profit in its use one must learn how to climb this mountain and must know where and how to dig for the ore he needs. With the help of the many successful chemists Vvti.