Volume 1

Victor von Richter's organic chemistry, or, Chemistry of the carbon compounds / edited by R. Anschütz ; authorized translation by Edgar F. Smith.

  • Richter, Victor von, 1841-1891.
Date:
1912
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Credit: Victor von Richter's organic chemistry, or, Chemistry of the carbon compounds / edited by R. Anschütz ; authorized translation by Edgar F. Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE THIRD AMERICAN EDITION. In presenting this translation of the eighth German edition of v. Richter’s “ Organic Chemistry ” the writer has little to add to vvhat has previously been expressed in the prefaces to the preceding Ameri- can editions of this most successful book. The Student of the present edition will, however, very quickly discover that the subject matter, so ably edited by Professor Anschütz, is vastly different from that given in the earlier editions. Indeed, the book has sustained very radical changes in many particulars, and certainly to its decided ad- vantage. The marvelous advances in the various lines of synthetic organic chemistry have made many of the changes in the text abso- lutely necessary, and for practical reasons it has seemed best to issue this new edition in two volumes. Eminent authorities, such as Profs. v. Baeyer, E. Fischer, Waitz, Claisen, and others, have given the editor the benefit of their super- vision of chapters relating to special fields of investigation in which they are the recognized authorities. The translator here acknowledges his great indebtedness to his pub- lishers, P. Blakiston’s Son & Co., for their constant aid in his work, as well as to Messrs. Wm. F. Fell & Co., for the care they have taken and the skill they have displayed in the composition of what will gen- erally be admitted to be a difficult piece of typography.