The subhead 'Background – Methods – Trends' reveals the three-tiered structure of the book, which benefits greatly from a clear arrangement in a total of 51 chapters and 877 pages. In the first ...

Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. A Ready-Reference Pocket Book of Chemical and Physical Data. By Prof. C. D. Hodgman, assisted by Prof. M. F. Coolbaugh and Cornelius E. Senseman.