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but with sui table 1ibra.ry r e s e a r c h one "ski l led i n the a r t " can t r a n s l a t e i n unfamil iar f i e lds of technology. a t r a n s l a t o r should develop his pas s ive technical vocabulary i n the fo re ign language by technical

r ead ing , t o the exclusion of other language s k i l l s , Fluency of e x p r e s s i o n in the language into which he t r a n s l a t e s is especial ly des i r ab le The Russ i an language is r ecommended as a frui t ful study f o r technical pe r sonne l .

After studying the fo re ign language

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Suggestions on How to Organ ize , P r e s e n t , and I l l u s t r a t e a Technical P a p e r , Bulletin 8 , Amer ican Chemica l Society, Washington 6 , D. C., 18 pp., 1961, $1.00 o r $0.50 on o r d e r s of 10 o r m o r e .

Thousands of technical p a p e r s a r e p r e s e n t e d be fo re the va r ious ACS Divisions during the two national mee t ings . The Society through its Divisions is thus vitally concerned that t hese p re sen ta t ions fulfi l l fou r r e q u i r e m e n t s : (1) be based on technical ly sound work; (2) be o r i en ted towards and o r g a n - i zed f o r a l is tening audience; (3) be de l ive red concisely and c l e a r l y with emphas i s on s ignif icance, not de t a i l s ; and (4) be i l l u s t r a t ed with effective s l i des .

This s h o r t booklet is d i r ec t ed towards the s p e a k e r ' s obligation i n these four r e q u i r e m e n t s t owards his audience, and how he m a y m e e t his obligation. l ineated and the p r inc ip l e s f o r c l e a r o r a l p re sen ta t ion a r e wel l cove red . ducing effective project ion s l ides a r e adequately d e s c r i b e d . The s e r i o u s u s e of t h i s booklet by au tho r s will do m u c h i n making ACS mee t ings even m o r e rewarding f o r all pa r t i c ipan t s .

The bes t p r a c t i c e s known today a r e d e - Rel iable methods of p r o -

BOOK REVIEW

Saline Wate r C o n v e r s k n , Advances i n C h e m i s t r y S e r i e s , No. 27, A m e r i c a n Chemical Society, Wash- ington, D. C., 1960, 246 pp. $5.85.

This col lect ion of 22 p a p e r s compr i sed the Symposium on Saline Wate r Conversion p resen ted be fo re the Division of Wate r and Waste C h e m i s t r y a t the 137th National Meeting, Apr i l , 1960, a t Cleveland, Ohio.

One of the m a j o r p r o b l e m s i n ou r c ivi l izat ion is the winning of potable w a t e r f r o m sa l ine wa te r a t a r easonab le cos t . e s s e s a r e wel l known which probably will achieve i t . c u s s e d , and evaluated in th i s book, including ex t r ac t ion , f r eez ing , demine ra l i za t ion , evaporat ion, dis t i l la t ion, o s m o s i s , and e l ec t rod ia lys i s . In e a c h of t h e s e broad p r o c e s s a r e a s , considerable a d - vancemen t s have been m a d e , and the goal of "low cost" , although s t i l l e lu s ive , is c l o s e r a s e a c h of t h e s e p r o c e s s e s is r e s e a r c h e d with new i d e a s and c rea t ive approaches .

The p r o b l e m has not been solved, n o r is its solution appa ren t although the p r o c - These p r o c e s s e s a r e thoroughly d e s c r i b e d , d i s -

In this advancing field of g r e a t impor t ance to m o s t nat ions, i t i s e s sen t i a l that the p r o g r a m s be reviewed constant ly and that the technologies u s e d be examined thoroughly. This i s success fu l ly done by this book.