Aug., 1955.
] BOOK R E V I E W S
DYNAMICS OF MACHINERY, by A. R.
Holowenko. 464 pages, diagrams, 16 X
24 cm. New York, John Wiley & Sons,
Inc., 1955. Price, $7.50.
Written by an Associate Professor of
Mechanical Engineering at Purdue Univer-
sity, A. R. Holowenko, Dynamics of Ma-
chinery is confined to kinematics and force
analysis of the fundamental motions of ma-
chines. Profuse with illustrations and ex-
amples, the book is factual, fairly elementary
and not very broad in scope. The treatment
is sound and obviously aimed at the second
or third year college level.
The determination of velocities and ac-
celerations for the moving links of various
machines--but principally for the slider-
crank mechanism--by analytical and graphi-
cal methods occupies about half the volume.
Static force and dynamic force analyses of
the same machines form another quarter
of the book; and the remaining quarter is
concerned with flywheel analyses, the bal-
ancing of rotating and reciprocating masses
in one or more planes, shaft vibrations and
a short chapter on gyroscopes.
While the book is restricted to the analysis
of a selected few machines, it is not really
so limited in scope if it be recognized that
the basic principles of kinematics and dy-
namics described are applicable to all ma-
chines. This is the main value of the book
- - a n orderly, sound presentation of analytical
and graphical methods for determining the
forces in the basic, moving parts of ma-
chinery. E . W . HAMMER
I57
THE ELEMENTS OF CHROMATOGRAPHY,by T.
I. Williams. 90 pages, illustrations, color
plates, 13>< 19 cm. New York, The
Philosophical Library, no date. Price,
$3.75.
To those who are not acquainted with the
techniques of chromatographic analysis, this
book offers an interesting introduction to
the materials, equipment, and methods of this
phase of analytical chemistry.
The author traces the development of the
methods of chromatography from their first
use in the dye stuff industry of Germany to
the present, and thus fortified with the his-
torical background the reader is taken into
the discussion of adsorption or column
chromatography. Partition chromatography
or paper chromatography is discussed, fol-
lowed by a brief chapter on ion exchange
chromatography.
No specific schemes of analysis are de-
scribed. The discussions serve mainly to
describe the various types of apparatus which
have been used and the necessary qualifica-
tions of papers, column packings, and
solvents. The reader is left to select else-
where an exact analytical scheme.
Theoretical development of chromatog-
raphy is kept to a minimum throughout.
For the reader interested in further work in
the field, a bibliography of more advanced
works is supplied.
This book could aid interested persons in
selecting the type of apparatus and technique
best suited to their specific laboratory needs.
R. H. HOLLINGER