A Dictionary of Applied Physics

Abstract

THE fifth and final volume of the “Dictionary of Applied Physics,” now well known and justly famous, edited by Sir Richard Glazebrook, deals with two of the youngest physical sciences, aeronautics and metallography. The former occupies about two-fifths, and the latter the remainder of the book. The same plan is adopted as in previous volumes, i.e. there is a limited number of articles dealing with important aspects of the two sciences, written by men of high standing and authority in their subjects. Interspersed between these is a series of headings in alphabetical sequence, containing references to the articles in question. It is natural that many of the articles should have been contributed by present and former members of the staff of the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington. Whether, however, it was wise to make the proportion so high as it is in the metallurgical section of the volume may be questioned. A dictionary of this kind should represent as wide a range of authoritative opinion as it is possible to secure, and we think that the editor would have been well advised to draw, more than he has done, on the knowledge of metallographers occupying positions in the metallurgical industries. A Dictionary of Applied Physics. Edited by Sir Richard Glazebrook. In 5 vols. Vol. 5: Aeronautics—Metallurgy—General Index. Pp. vii + 592. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1923.) 63s. net.