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I am delighted to welcome back as co-editor E. B. Uvarov, who originated the dictionary in 1943. Since then it has been through five new editions in English and some twenty reprintings: it has also been translated into eight foreign languages. This gratifying response seems to indicate that the book is serving a useful purpose. In this revision Mr Uvarov, aided by Dr Eric Stubbs, has broadly been responsible for the chemical entries, while I have updated the others.

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