author - "Henry P. Talbot"
e failures and to "begin again," as much time is lost in thesefruitless attempts. Nothing less than !absolute integrity! is or canbe demanded of a quantitative analyst, and any disregard of thisprinciple, however slight, is as fatal to success as lack of chemicalknowledge or inaptitude in manipulation can possibly be.
NOTEBOOKS
Notebooks should contain, beside the record of observations,descriptive notes. All records of weights should be placed upon theright-hand page, while that on the left is reserved for the notes,calculations of factors, or the amount of reagents required.
The neat and systematic arrangement of the records of analyses isof the first importance, and is an evidence of careful work and anexcellent credential. Of two notebooks in which the results may be,in fact, of equal value as legal evidence, that one which is neatlyarranged will carry with it greater weight.
All records should be dated, and all observations should be recordedat once in the notebook. The making of
e failures and to "begin again," as much time is lost in thesefruitless attempts. Nothing less than !absolute integrity! is or canbe demanded of a quantitative analyst, and any disregard of thisprinciple, however slight, is as fatal to success as lack of chemicalknowledge or inaptitude in manipulation can possibly be.
NOTEBOOKS
Notebooks should contain, beside the record of observations,descriptive notes. All records of weights should be placed upon theright-hand page, while that on the left is reserved for the notes,calculations of factors, or the amount of reagents required.
The neat and systematic arrangement of the records of analyses isof the first importance, and is an evidence of careful work and anexcellent credential. Of two notebooks in which the results may be,in fact, of equal value as legal evidence, that one which is neatlyarranged will carry with it greater weight.
All records should be dated, and all observations should be recordedat once in the notebook. The making of