66 ll t Ch 13-14 (199-93 correct as far as the weights of individual nucleides were con- St f Chl Elnt: A tr f th rt ndrd Yr, cerned. Non-integral atomic weights are mainly due to the Elvr Atrd 199 presence of isotopic mixtures in the usual samples of elements. 1 Mr Mdrnn hrn dr Ch, Mrh The ordinal number of Newlands' "rank order" of elements nd rndt rl 1 became identified in 1913 by Henry Gwyn-Jeffries Moseley 11 M Knht h rnndntl rt fChtr, n (1887-1915) with the number of increments that the square ltn Knt 197 p 5 root of the frequency f X-rays must be shifted to predict the 1 Mr " tr dr hhn Elnt l ntn correct X-ray frequency for a given element (15). The ordinal hrr Atht" Ann Sppl., 1870, 7 35-3 number became the atomic number, the integral positive charge 13 I Mndlv "h ltn tn th rprt nd th and number of protons of an atom's nucleus and the number of At Wht f th Elnt"hrnl fzhh electrons surrounding it. But these Pythagorean identifica- bhtv, 1869, , -77 (n n; brf Grn tions once again did not account for the diversity of chemical btrt f th ppr pprd "Ubr d zhnn dr properties. That was achieved by arranging the electrons in Enhftn z dn Athtn dr Elnt" 1 Ch., superbly simple Pythagorean patterns, by recognizing that 1869, 2, 5- similar chemical properties imply similar arrangements of 1 K Sbrt "r Ghht d prdhn St" electrons. We are the true inheritors of an idea 2500 years old nr. Ch., 1895, , 33-33 - that the properties of the elements are the properties of 15 G- Ml "h h rn Sptr f th numbers (16). Elnt" hl. M., 1913, [626, 1-13 1 Sn rtn th rnl drft f th ltr vrl ddtnl References and Notes rfrn hv t ttntn W nn "Clftn Str nd th rd bl" Cp. & Mth. th Appl., Anldnt: An rl vrn f th ppr prntd t th 191(//7-51 h xnd th trtr nd dvlpnt Mndlv Sp br 199 Annl Mtn f th f th prd tbl n th lht f d rn f ntprr Arn Atn fr th Advnnt f Sn It thtl npt h brvtn hv bn frthr x- rnll prprd fr pbltn t hnr th ht nd hl pndd thn n htrl ntxt n h r rd t Afb: dtr nld Gllp n h 5th brthd bt ndrd lv tr n th tr nd tr f th rd , bd t htrl fr th pl (vbr 199 f th Cndn n ltr vn t th 1991 n Cntr Wrhp n th rnl f Chtr pblhd n h hnr tr f Chtr nd t th 199 Wdr Wln Inttt t 1 K ppr "h tr f hlphl rbl nd thr rntn nd d t b pblhd nxt r Al f rt ntrt t n Sn" rt. hl. S., 1952, , 1-15 td n S th ppr b E Strör " Ordnn dr Elnt Entthn nd ln nd Gdfld h Arhttr f Mttr, rpr nd dtn d rdnt" n W Sdn Opfrh nd Yr 19 p A Shn d Ch Spl dr hrhndrt, Unvr- 2. G Srtn Intrdtn t th tr f Sn, l 1 tätvrl Ul 199 pp 7-79 Crn Intttn Whntn C 197 p 113 3 Kplr h Sxrnrd Snfl (111 dtd nd trnltd b C rd Oxfrd Unvrt r 19 p v Theodor Benfey is editor for the Chemical Heritage Founda- 4. A "h ptn f Chl At n tion, 3401 Walnut Street, P hiladelphia, P A 19104 , and Adjunct Grn" I, 1979, 0, 519-53 Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Author, editor 5 M ttnfr "Ubr d rlán Abtänd dr A- and translator of several books on the history of chemistry, vlntzhln dr nnntn nfhn dl" Glhrt former editor of the ACS magazine "Chemistry," a past-chair Anzn Ad. Wnhft. Mnhn, 1850, 0, 1-7; r- of the Division and a current member of the editorial board of prntd th n Intrdtn b thr n Ann 1858,105, 17- the Bulletin, he is particularly interested in the history of 6. A nd 3 b "t r étt tl d l organic chemistry, the history of Japanese and Chinese sci- h rn" Cpt rnd, 1837, , 57-57 ence, and the development of the dye industry. 7 A "Mér r l vlnt d rp pl" Cpt rnd, 1857, 4, 79-731 8. r A lnd lltd ppr h h v r f th rd nd n ltn An th At Wht, BOOK NOTES Spn ndn 1 9 thr rl nd vr thrn pnr f lnt Curiosity Perfectly Satisfyed: Faraday's Travels in Europe lftn r th rnh lt Alxndr El ér 1813 - 1815, Edited by Brian Bowers and Lenore Symons, d Chnrt nd th nh-Arn ht Gtv tlf Peregrinus, London, 1991. xvi + 168 pp. Cloth (Typeset), nrh r frthr dtl W vn Sprnn h rd $33.00. Michael Faraday's 'Chemical Notes, Hints, Sugges- Bull. Hist. Chem. 13 - 4 (1992-93) 67 Lions and Objects of Pursuit' of 1822, Edited by Ryan D. For Faraday, the GLOWWORM!!! (his capitals and his Tweney and David Gooding, Peregrinus, London, 1991. xvii exclamation points) was far more fascinating than all the + 152 pp. Cloth (Typeset), $55.00. The Correspondence of architectural grandeur that was Rome. Michael Faraday, Volume 1 , 1811 - 1831, Edited by Frank A. J. The second of these books, the handsomely produced Mi- L. James, Institution of Electrical Engineers, London, 1991. chael Faraday's 'Chemical Notes, Hints, Suggestions and xlix + 673 pp. Cloth (Typeset), $104.00. Objects of Pursuit' of 1822, is a curious piece of work. It is in three parts: a somewhat tendentious introduction (much of the Yet more fallout from the Faraday bicentennial. These three substance of which has already appeared in this Bulletin (, very different books all treat of Faraday's formative years 11, 51-55), a complete photographic facsimile of the manu- when, somewhat self-consciously, he was furthering his de- script with facing-page transcription, and an idiosyncratically layed education and pursuing his scientific ambitions. In The interesting glossary. The editors open boldly: Life and Letters of Faraday, Bence Jones devotes 128 pages to "extracts from his journal and letters whilst abroad with Sir h ntb tht r pblhn hr rrbl dnt Humphry Davy" but he is forced to admit that "the journal ... Kpt b n f th jr ntt f th nntnth ntr t t is remarkable for the minuteness of the description of all he hn h hd d h frt prtnt dvr nd prprn saw, and its cautious silence regarding those he was with." fr th jr fndn tht ld prpl h nt th vr frt Bence Jones seemingly had access (the perfunctory preface is rn t nd nt th thht f ntf n nd t th vague on this) to Faraday's original manuscript, now lost, as t rvln prtrt f th ltr nd nt f n well as to the "fair copy" which survives and from which the ntr n th htr f n transcript given in Curiosity Perfectly Satisfyed is derived. As in Bence Jones, the Journal proper is fleshed out with letters and quote Faraday's own estimation approvingly: Faraday wrote to friends and relatives at home. While it is good to have the complete text in print, it cannot be said that the new I lrd h t th nt nd thn h lltn rth material does much to satisfy our curiosity about how the th n b vr ntf n I r nn ld thn th constant company of Davy contributed to Faraday's matura- trbl lt ftr r xprn tion as a scientist. His accounts of Davy's experiments and observations on iodine, hot springs, rocks, the combustibility What is there to justify such a high assessment? As can be seen of diamond, and soon, are strangely dispassionate. How one from the splendid photographic plates, there is little problem wishes entries such as "T.22. The day principally employed in with Faraday's exemplary handwriting. After all, this was one the laboratory. W. 23. The same as yesterday." were expanded reason why Davy had hired him as a temporary amanuensis. and the often tedious baedekering reduced: The motivation, purpose, and utility of what he wrote, how- ever, remain obscure in spite of the editors' efforts. They have rdn trht fr th t nt th t th ht b th transcribed but not, or at least not completely, deciphered. rn f d r vlt n vnrd n th rht hnd h r th Superficially we have a book of lists. At times the lists seem rn f tpl rtd t Mnrv Md r th dd f almost random: "Sinking of ice" comes between "Colour of hlth It f br nd f dnl fr rthr n r th rn eyes" and "Triple tart rate of ammonia and antimony"; "Shad- f th Cht d l l nl lld th trph f Mr ows of thumb from several windows?" between "Crystallisa- b tion in Cods headbones - boil long time", and "Sol of soluble Prussian blue on yellow ferro-prussiate?" At other times the It is hard to decide whether such passages reflect mere bore- lists are tightly categorized under familiar heads - "Sulphur", dom, unconscious plagiarism or self-mockery. Certainly "Electricity", "Organic Chemistry" - though even here Fara- Faraday was no Byron, but then Byron was no Faraday. Most day's restless imagination keeps breaking the bounds. Some of the nuggets have been previously mined by Bence Jones and of the entries refer to work already in the literature (though they L.