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Marks, Edward C. R. Mechanical engineering materials: their properties and treatment in construction. 60c. Van Nostrand.
“A very useful little volume of information on methods of manufacture, properties and tests of steel, iron, copper and the various copper, manganese, tin and aluminum alloys used, for the most part, in machinery.”—Engin. N.
“The one criticism of this book is that the author has selected a too pretentious title.”
| + + − | Engin. N. 57: 197. F. 14, ’07. 60w. |
* Marks, Mrs. Mary A. M. England and America. 1763–1783. 2v. *$6. Appleton.
7–34222.
Something of the spirited attitude which Mrs. Marks assumes toward her work is summed up in the statement that her book is the Tory reaction against the monopoly of office by the Whigs and the consequences of that reaction, the loss of American colonies and an addition of £129,000,000 to the national debt. “The years covered by this history are those in which the final effect of the causes of the American movement toward independence are studied, as well as the conduct of England brought to face the new situation. A characteristic of the book, its determining characteristic, is that it keeps to the point of view of the time and the point of view of the English.” (N. Y. Times.)