Abstract
THE information conveyed in this book is usually of a superficial character. Thus, although processes of manufacture are described, no details are given, and in the descriptions of the application of white lead in paints nothing very new comes to light. The author tells us that βit is not probable that one-thousandth of one per cent. of white lead used in paint is ever discoloured by sulphur, so it is not worth talking about.β Unfortunately, however, he gives no alternative explanation of a well-known phenomenon. A similar off-hand style runs throughout the book, and cannot fail to diminish its value.
White Lead: its Use in Paint.
Dr.
A. H.
Sabin
By. Pp. ix + 133. (New York: J. Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1920.) Price 7s. 6d. net.
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White Lead: its Use in Paint . Nature 106, 276 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106276c0
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