Annotated Bibliography of Literature on the Physical Sciences Published from December 1, 1936 to January 20, 1937*

a) Books and Brochures

1. BRITTON H. T. S., Hydrogen Ions. Their determination and significance in theoretical and applied chemistry. Translated by A. and K. Kolosov and V. I. Paramonova, edited by B. M. Berkengeim and B. N. Nikolsky. VII + 583 pp., 123 fig., ONTI, Khimteoret, L., 1936, price 12 r. 50 k., binding 2 rub., print run 3000.

The author set himself the task of giving a practical exposition of various electrometric and colorimetric methods for determining the concentration of hydrogen ions, of showing the fundamental significance of the concentration of hydrogen ions in the field of general chemistry (including volumetric and gravimetric analysis), and of outlining the essential role played by the concentration of hydrogen ions in numerous processes of the chemical industry.

2. VOLOKHOV A. N., Experimental Determination of Moments of Inertia. 84 pp., 38 fig. (Proceedings of the Central Aero-Hydrodynamic Institute named after Prof. N. E. Zhukovsky, issue 285). Publishing House of the Institute, M., 1936, price 2 r. 75 k., print run 1000.

The author’s aim was to give a systematic exposition, insofar as possible, of all methods hitherto known for determining moments of inertia, so as to enable an engineer working in a laboratory to choose the method most suitable for the conditions of the experiment. In discussing each method, a detailed description is given of one variant of the experiment, with indications of the convenience and accuracy of the method, as well as of those corrections which should be introduced to increase the accuracy of the final result. A separate chapter is devoted to the theory of these corrections.

3. WOOD R., Physical Optics. Translated from the English by Prof. A. P. Afanas’ev, Prof. K. K. Baumgart, Acad. S. I. Vavilov, Prof. M. M. Gurevich, Prof. T. P. Kravets, Prof. A. A. Lebedev, N. A. Prilezhaeva, Acad. D. S. Rozhdestvensky, Prof. M. V. Savost’yanova, A. I. Stozharov, and Prof. A. N. Filippov, edited by Acad. D. S. Rozhdestvensky. 896 pp., 472 fig., 49 plates, 1 table of spectra, 1 portrait, ONTI, Main Editorial Office of General Technical Literature, L.—M., 1936, price 15 rub., binding 2 rub.; print run 4000.

Wood brought knowledge of the wave nature of light to the summit of real, experimental evidence. Contents of the book (by chapters): I. The nature of light and its rectilinear propagation (17–57). II. Reflection of light from plane and curved surfaces (58–78). III. Refraction of light (79–113). IV. Absorption and dispersion of light (114–137). V. Origin of spectra (138–170). VI. Interference of light (171–235). VII. Diffraction (236–311). VIII. Interferential spectroscopes (312–352). IX. Polarization of light

* Publications marked with an asterisk are described from advance copies, before these publications went on sale.

(353—390), X. Double refraction (391—417). XI. Meteorological optics (418—427). XII. Theory of reflection and refraction (428—453). XIII. Scattering of light (454—474). XIV. Raman effect (475—501). XV. Theory of dispersion and vibrational absorption (502—575). XVI. Optical properties of metals (576—602). XVII. Rotation of the plane of polarization (603—620). XVIII. Resonance excitation and fluorescence of atoms (621—648). XIX. Resonance excitation and fluorescence of molecules (649—677). XX. Fluorescence and phosphorescence of solids and liquids (678—698). XXI. Magneto-optics (699—763). XXII. Electro-optics (764—797). XXIII. Temperature radiation (798—844). XXIV. Relative motion of ether and matter (845—859).

4. GERLACH, WALTER and GERLACH, WERNER, Spectrochemical Emission Analysis, Its Application in Medicine, Chemistry, and Mineralogy. Translated from the German by G. A. Kotlyar, edited by Prof. S. A. Borovik. 168 pp., 73 figs. ONTI, Khimteoret, L., 1936, price 2 rub. 40 kop., binding 60 kop., print run 4000.

The book describes the apparatus for obtaining a light source, the technique for obtaining a photograph, and the evaluation of the sensitivity of the instruments used. At the end of the book rules and tables of the most pronounced lines for qualitative analysis of metals for purity are included.

5. HERTZ, W., A Concise Manual of Physical Chemistry. Translated from the 4th German edition, edited by K. P. Mishchenko and M. A. Blokh. 346 pp. + insert “Literature,” 6 pp., 34 drawings, ONTI, Khimteoret, L., 1936, price 5 rub. 25 kop., binding 1 rub. 25 kop.; print run 5000.

The book is intended for students of non-chemical institutes of higher education and university faculties, higher medical educational institutions, and others. Contents of the book (by sections): Forms of the state of matter (9—124); Structure of matter (125—207); Chemical mechanics (208—268); Chemical energetics (269—326).

6. GINZBURG, V. L., Light Filters. 111 pp., 16 drawings, ONTI, Main Editorial Office for General Technical Literature and Nomography, M.—L., 1936, price 1 rub. 80 kop.; print run 3000.

A reference book on light filters. In its first two chapters, intended for students of physics faculties, the author examines the physical nature of absorption and non-absorption light filters, and in the following four chapters gives methods for preparing recipes for light filters for various purposes. Besides literary data, he made extensive use of unpublished materials of the State Optical Institute. In an appendix, illustrated with 35 curves, light filters of various firms are described.

7. GMELIN, GROSS, SAUER and KRENERT, Physico-Chemical Analysis in Industry. Translated from the German by engineer A. G. Zlobinsky, edited by P. P. Kazakevich. 390 pp., 224 figs. ONTI, State Scientific-Technical Publishing House of Ukraine, Kharkov—Kiev, 1936, price 5 rub. 35 kop., binding 1 rub.; print run 5000.

Another translation of the book, issued almost simultaneously by the Leningrad branch (Khimteoret) of the same publishing house ONTI under the title: A. Eucken, Physico-Chemical Analysis in Production. An annotation of this book was printed in No. 1 of Advances in the Physical Sciences for 1937.

8. GREBER, H. and ERK, S., Foundations of the Theory of Heat Transfer. Translated from the German by V. A. Konstantinov and Ya. A. Trotsig, edited by Prof. Dr. A. S. Predvoditelev. 327 pp., 113 drawings. ONTI, Main Editorial Office for General Technical Literature and Nomography, M.—L., 1936, price 6 rub., binding 1 rub. 25 kop.; print run 8000.

Contents (by sections): I. Heat conduction in solids (15—167). II. Heat exchange in liquids (168—260). III. Thermal radiation (261—304).

* 9. HUMPHREYS V., Physics of the Air. Translated from the 2nd American edition by O. A. Kostareva and M. A. Omshansky, edited by S. P. Khromov. 516 pp., 207 figs., 2 inserts, ONTI, Main Editorial Office of General Technical Literature and Nomography, M.—L., 1936, price 10 rub., binding 1 rub. 25 kopecks; print run 3500.

A monograph setting forth the theoretical foundations of the principal branches of meteorology. Contents of the book (by parts): I. Mechanics and thermodynamics of the atmosphere (15—336), II. Atmospheric electricity and polar auroras (337—352), III. Meteorological acoustics (353—382), IV. Atmospheric optics (383—495). The book contains rich factual material, treated in a completely original way. Special attention—7 chapters—is devoted to the phenomena of atmospheric circulation; in one of them special winds of importance for aviation are considered. The book is intended for meteorologists, geophysicists, and physicists. As a teaching aid it may be used by graduate students and students in these specialties.

1. ZHOKHOVSKY M. K., Pressure and Vacuum Instruments. A textbook for courses for the training of state verification officers. 114 pp., 44 figs., State Publishing House for Standardization “Standartgiz,” M.—L., 1936, price 2 rub. 50 kopecks, print run 2000.

The book considers the construction, application, and verification rules of all pressure-measuring instruments subject to compulsory verification. Contents of the book (by chapters): I. General information (5—10), II. Spring-operated working instruments (11—26), III. Standard instruments (27—43), IV. Verification of ordinary working instruments (44—59), V. Construction and verification of special-purpose instruments (60—96), VI. Verification of standard instruments (97—109). The book is also of interest to workers in physics laboratories.

1. KOPYTIN L. A., SERAPIN G. K., KOSTANDI G. G., et al., Ultrashort Waves. Collection of articles, 144 pp. with figs., State Publishing House for Communications Engineering, M., 1936, price 5 rub. 60 kopecks, print run 3000.

Contents: L. A. Kopytin, “Transmitting devices for ultrashort waves” (3—19). S. E. Fey and A. L. Samuel, “Electron generator tubes for frequencies above 100 MHz” (20—30). G. K. Serapin, “Ultrashort radio receivers for short waves” (31—48). A. K. (abstract), “Modern achievements in the field of miniature tubes” (49—60). G. G. Kostandi, “Fundamentals of superregenerative reception” (61—97). A. K. (abstract), “Results of measuring the sensitivity of several ultrashort-wave receivers” (98—108). G. G. Kostandi, “Resonant lines in ultrashort waves” (109—124). A. K. (abstract), “Communication on decimeter waves” (125—143).

1. KONSHYAKOV N. S., SVETLOV A. V., and STROGANOV V. G., Theory of Spherical Screens for an Alternating Magnetic Field. 33 pp., 4 plates. Series “Scientific and Technical Literature,” Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, M.—L., 1936, price 1 rub., print run 1725.

The brochure examines the process of shielding the alternating magnetic field of a coil with specified dimensions, placed inside hollow spheres.

1. (KRYLOV A. N., acad.), On the 50th Anniversary of the Scientific Activity of Academician A. N. Krylov. 40 pp., 1 portrait (Moscow House

...of Scientists). Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow—Leningrad, 1936, price 1 ruble 50 kopecks, print run 1000.

Contents: From the Moscow House of Scientists (3—4), Acad. S. A. Chaplygin, Foreword (5), Eng. D. I. Novitsky, “A Survey of the Scientific Works and Activity of Acad. A. N. Krylov” (7—33), list of the principal works of Acad. A. N. Krylov (35—40).

1. KURNAKOV N. S., Acad., Introduction to Physico-Chemical Analysis. Third enlarged edition. 194 pages, 161 figures. ONTI, Khimteoret, Leningrad, 1936, price 4 rubles 50 kopecks, binding 1 ruble, print run 4000.

In the book, with minor changes, the author’s works, reports, and speeches are reprinted, containing the basic material on the study of the nature of equilibrium. Contents of the book: Compound and chemical individual (5—17), Discontinuity of chemical transformations of matter (18—35), Singular points of chemical diagrams (36—66), Compound and space (67—85), Solutions and alloys (86—115), Discontinuity and continuity in chemical transformations of matter (146—153), Topology of the chemical equilibrium diagram (154—192).

1. MARCELIN ANDRÉ, Surface Solutions. Monomolecular layers and their physical properties. Translated from the French, with additions, by Prof. A. S. Akhmatov. 164 pages, 100 figures in the text and 6 figures in colors on 3 tables. ONTI. Main Editorial Office of General Technical Literature and Nomography, Moscow—Leningrad, 1936, price 3 rubles 50 kopecks, binding 60 kopecks, print run 2000.

The book is devoted to those new chapters of molecular physics and physical chemistry whose foundations were created by the classical works of Rayleigh, Langmuir, Devaux, Hardy, and others. Summarizing the chief works devoted to the study of the “two-dimensional state” of matter, the author sets forth a number of unpublished works by J. Perrin, whose pupil he is, as well as the results of the works of his brother S. Marcelin and his own.

1. MAXTED E., Catalysis and Its Industrial Applications. Translated from the English by N. I. Nekrasov and B. V. Erofeev, edited by Doctor of Chemical Sciences N. I. Kobozev. 576 pages, 66 drawings. ONTI. Main Editorial Office of Chemical Literature, Moscow—Leningrad, 1936, price 10 rubles 50 kopecks, binding 1 ruble 50 kopecks, print run 3500.

The book gives a detailed exposition of the modern theory of catalysis. Along with this, it describes the specific features of various catalytic reactions (synthesis and contact oxidation of ammonia, hydrogenation of fats, production of sulfuric acid, certain organic syntheses). The author has succeeded in balancing well the three principal aspects in the treatment of catalysis: as a physico-chemical phenomenon, as an object of laboratory research, and as a method of modern chemical technology. The book is intended for scientific and engineering-technical workers in the field of catalysis; it may also be used as a manual for students of higher technical schools and universities specializing in catalysis.

1. PERELMAN Ya. I., Entertaining Physics. Paradoxes, puzzles, problems, experiments, ingenious questions and stories from the field of physics. Book one. Thirteenth edition, revised and enlarged, 256 pages, 158 figures, 4 tables, “Molodaya Gvardiya,” Leningrad branch, 1936, price 4 rubles 40 kopecks, binding 75 kopecks, print run 20,000.

2. PUTILOV K. A., with the participation of Bachinsky A. I., Prof., Fabrikant V. A., Khodakov Yu. V., and others. Course of Physics. Textbook for higher pedagogical educational institutions. Second edition, XVI + 776 pages, 663 figures. OGIZ, State Educational-Pedagogical Publishing House, Moscow, 1936, price 11 rubles, binding 1 ruble 50 kopecks, print run 15,000.

Annotated Bibliography

19. RADOVSKY M., Faraday. 176 pp. with illustrations, tables, and portraits. Series “Lives of Remarkable People,” issues 19–20 (91–92), Journal and Newspaper Association, Moscow, 1936, price 1 ruble 50 kopecks, print run 40,000.

A biography of the eminent English physicist who discovered the phenomenon of electromagnetic induction and established the identity of all forms of electricity. Faraday’s “Experimental Researches in Electricity,” written from 1830 to 1840, were the greatest contribution to the theory of electricity. Faraday’s works laid the foundations of modern conceptions of electricity, which he studied for about half a century. The appendices to the book publish the following works: Faraday’s letter to Phillips of November 29, 1831, a description by Faraday of a “new electrical machine” (the first electromagnetic generator), and Joseph Henry’s article “On the Production of Electric Currents and Sparks from Magnetism.”

* 20. RZHEVKIN S. N., Hearing and Speech in the Light of Modern Physical Research. Second edition, corrected and enlarged. 312 pp., 317 illus., ONTI, Main Editorial Office of General Technical Literature and Nomography, 1936, price 2 rubles, print run 4000.

The book presents the present state of the question of the operation of the organs of hearing and speech in the light of investigations by modern physical methods. It contains a critical review of contemporary theories explaining the functioning of the organs of hearing and speech. The book is of great interest to specialists working in many fields of science and technology (physics, medicine, physiology, architecture, telephony, radio broadcasting, music, etc.).

* 21. ROSSELAND SVEIN, Astrophysics on the Basis of Atomic Theory. Translated from the German by S. A. Shorygin, revised and supplemented by Prof. V. A. Ambartsumian. 302 pp., 25 illus., ONTI, Main Editorial Office of General Technical Literature and Nomography, Moscow–Leningrad, 1936, price 4 rubles 80 kopecks, binding 1 ruble, print run 2000.

The stimulus for writing the book was, first of all, the desire to place at the disposal of physicists a brief introduction to the principal problems of astrophysics. In the second place, it is intended for astronomers engaged in the astrophysical applications of modern physics. The contents of the book (by chapters): Results of astrophysical observations. Hydrodynamics of stars. Energy and evolution of stars. Physics of stellar atmospheres. The problem of gaseous nebulae. Prof. V. A. Ambartsumian has made additions, for which he used literature published up to and including 1935.

22. SOKOLOV IL. ARK., Prof., Physics. Part I, Mechanics, molecular physics, thermodynamics. VI + 282 pp., 167 illus., 1 insert, Krasnoe Znamya Publishing House, Tomsk, 1936, price 9 rubles, binding 60 kopecks, print run 2100.

The book is intended by the author as a textbook for VTUZ students.

* 23. TVERSKOI P. N., Course of Geophysics. Third edition. 654 pp., 310 illus., 1 insert, ONTI, Main Editorial Office of General Technical Literature, Leningrad–Moscow, 1936, price 13 rubles, binding 1 ruble 50 kopecks, print run 3000.

The book contains an exposition of the basic information on the principal divisions of geophysics, with the exception of questions relating to the hydrosphere. The chief attention is devoted to the exposition of the theoretical foundations of geophysics and to the explanation of observed phenomena; at the same time the author makes broad use of the data of physics, mathematics, and mechanics. Comparatively little space is devoted to questions of observational methods and applied geophysics. The first eight chapters of the book cover mainly questions of the general structure of the terrestrial globe and its solid shell, while the last five are devoted to questions of the physics of the atmosphere. The book represents an extended presentation of lectures delivered by the author at the Physics Faculty of Leningrad State University. The third edition is considerably

revised. It is intended as a teaching aid for a course in geophysics at universities and higher technical schools, and as a guide for physicists, geologists, mining engineers, meteorologists, and graduate students in geophysics.

1. FRENKEL Ya. I., Prof., Magnetic Phenomena. 23 pp. (All-Union Council of Scientific Engineering and Technical Societies, VSNITO; University of Physicochemistry and Energetics named after Academician N. D. Zelinskii, issue XIII), ONTI, Main Editorial Office for Energy Literature, Moscow—Leningrad, 1936, free of charge, print run 2000.

2. FRENKEL Ya. I., Prof., On the Mechanism of Passage of Electric Current. 27 pp., 2 figs. (University of Physicochemistry and Energetics named after Academician N. D. Zelinskii, issue IX), ONTI, Main Editorial Office for Energy Literature, Moscow—Leningrad, 1936, free of charge, print run 2000.

b) Proceedings of institutes

26—31. Bulletin of the Commission on Technical Terminology. Edited by Academician S. A. Chaplygin and D. S. Lotte (Academy of Sciences of the USSR), Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences, Moscow—Leningrad, 1936, print run 975.

Issue VII. Terminology of theoretical mechanics. Part 4, G. G. Appelrot, Theory of Newtonian attraction, 15 pp., price 1 rub. 50 kopecks. Issue VIII. Terminology of thermometry and calorimetry, 40 pp., price 2 rub. 50 kopecks. Issue IX. Terminology for mechanical properties and testing of materials, 39 pp., price 2 rub. 50 kopecks. Issue X. Terminology of theoretical mechanics. Part 5, Hydrodynamics, 23 pp., price 1 rub. 50 kopecks. Issue XI. Terminology of electrical transmission of images, 39 pp., price 2 rub. 50 kopecks. Issue XII. Terminology of theoretical mechanics. Part 6, Theory of elasticity, 32 pp., price 2 rub.

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Division of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Physical Series (Bulletin de l’Académie des Sciences de l’URSS, Classe des Sciences Mathématiques et Naturelles, Série Physique). Managing editor A. E. Fersman, 1936, No. 3, Papers read at a session of the physical group of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 11—12 December 1935, pp. 413—524 with figures, Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1936, price 5 rubles, print run 1675.

Contents: A. A. Gershun, “Fundamental Concepts of the Theory of the Light Field” (vector methods of lighting-engineering calculation) (417—430). S. E. Frish, “The Role of Second-Kind Impacts in a Gas Discharge” (431—440). V. A. Fabrikant, “Emission Discharge in Metal Vapors” (441—462). B. N. Klyarfeld, “Light Output of a Gas Discharge” (463—480). S. O. Maisel, “Light Quantities in the Transition Region” (481—494). A. A. Gershun, “Lighting of Dark Workshops in Enterprises of the Photochemical Industry” (495—507). M. M. Gurevich and L. Chasov, “Absolute Yield of Fluorescence of Uranyl-Potassium Sulfate” (brief summary of the report) (509—513). A. M. Shemaev, “Gas-discharge Lamps.”

C. A. Shorygin