“It is not a book for elementary students, but one that deserves the careful study of advanced students and of experienced engineers. The translation has been carefully made.”
| + + | Nature. 76: 291. Jl. 25, ’07. 380w. |
Ries, Heinrich. Clays, their occurrence, properties, and uses, with especial reference to those of the United States. *$5. Wiley.
6–37212.
“The author treats his subject under the following heads:—The origin of clay, chemical properties, physical properties, kinds of clay, methods of mining and manufacture, distribution of clay in the United States, Fuller’s earth.”—Nature.
“The only work summarizing the scattered literature on American clays.”
| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 171. O. ’07. |
“Notwithstanding defects in matter and manner, Dr. Ries has rendered a distinct service to ceramics in producing this work. It more nearly meets the general need than any other English book in the field, and will doubtless awaken in many aspiring minds an enthusiasm to know more than the book pretends to tell, and will thus lead to research and scholarship, which has so far groped in vain for lack of a guide.” Edward Orton, jr.
| + − | Engin. N. 57: 437. Ap. 18, ’07. 1380w. | |
| J. Geol. 14: 459. Ag. ’06. 230w. |