International Critical Tables

International Critical Tables, Vol. 4, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1928, p. 434. 

E. W. Washburn, ed.. International Critical Tables ofMumerical Data, Physics, Chemisty, and Technology (ICT),Yol. 7, McGraw-HiU, New York, 1930. 

From International Critical Tables, vol. 3, pp. 115-129. All compositions are in weight percent in vacuo. AU density values are dl = g/mL in vacuo. 

The tables given under this subject are reprinted by permission from the Smithsonian Tables. For more detadea data on thermal expansion, see International Critical Tables tabular index, vol. 3, p. 1 abrasives, vol. 2, p. 87 alloys, vol. 2, p. 463 building stones, vol. 2, p. 54 carbons, vol. 2, p. 303 elements, vol. 1, p. 102 enamels, vol. 2, p. 115 glass, vol. 

For a more complete list of salts, and for references to the literature see International Critical Tables, vol. 1, p. 68. 

Something rather different was the set of 7 volumes of the International Critical Tables masterminded by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, edited by Edward Washburn, and given the blessing of the International Research Council (the predecessor of the International Council of Scientific Unions, ICSU). This appeared in stages, 1926-1933, once only when Washburn died in 1934, the work died with him . This last quotation comes from a lively survey of the history of ICSU (Greenaway 1996) this book has an entire chapter devoted to Data, and Scientific Information . 

It was not until the mid-1960s that Harrison Brown (later ICSU President) called attention to the absence of any successor to the International Critical Tables, and was asked by ICSU to make recommendations. This led to ICSU s creation of CODATA, following on from ICSU s earlier World Data Centers, devoted to specific sciences such as metereology. This body is more of a gadfly and organiser... 

Data on heats of solution of ammonia taken from International Critical Tables Vol. V, pg. 213 [35] by Sherwood and Pigford Absorption and Extraction, pg. 161, 2nd Ed., McGraw Hill Book Co., Inc.) Ref. 63. ... 

International Critical Tables, Ed. W. Washburn, Editor, Vol. V, p. 213, National Research Council, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, N.Y. 

In processes involving the combustion of fuels, either pure oxygen or air is supplied in amounts greater than the stoichiometric requirements for complete combustion. The terms "theoretical air or theoretical oxygen are thus frequently encountered in combustion problems. The molar composition of dry air at atmospheric conditions [from International Critical Tables, Volume 1, p. 393 (1926)] ... 

In this table, the figures taken from Perry and Green 41 are based on data in International Critical Tables 5 (1928) and Landolt-Bomstein. Physikalische-Chemische Tabellen (1935). 

The values are based mainly on International Critical Tables 5 (1928). 

Observed magnetic moments, other than those in the last column, are from International Critical Tables. ... 

Values quoted are from "International Critical Tables or from W. Biltz, Z. anorg. Chem., 170, 161 (1928), and D. M. Bose, Z. Physik, 65, 677 (1930). I am indebted to Mr. P. D. Brass for collecting from the literature some of the data in this table. 

The data are taken mostly from the International Critical Tables. 

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