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AS specialisation in all subjects develops, there can be little doubt that the text-book of the future will consist of a series of short monographs by experts forming a symposium of the various phases of the subject. In this instance the single material starch requires eighteen such monographs, occupying 240 pages, to cover its chemistry and technology, and the remarkable bibliography which follows requires a further 330 pages.
A Comprehensive Survey of Starch Chemistry.
Vol. 1. Compiled and edited by Robert P. Walton, in collaboration with the following authorities: Jerome Alexander, Carl L. Alsberg, Victor G. Bloede, Frederick D. Farrow, Auguste Fernbach, Herbert C. Gore, Sir James C. Irvine, Johann R. Katz, Arthur R. Ling, George M. Moffett, Walter A. Nivling, Amé Pictet, Eugen Preuss, Hans Pringsheim, Max Samec, Henry C. Sherman, Jokichi Takamine Jr., T. Clinton Taylor, Harold G. Turley, Leo Wallerstein. Pp. 360. (New York: The Chemical Catalog Co., Inc., 1928.) 10 dollars.
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ARMSTRONG, E. A Comprehensive Survey of Starch Chemistry . Nature 122, 800–801 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122800a0
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