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Presents an abstract of the article "English Style in Scientific Papers," by John R. Baker published in the November 5, 1955 issue of the "Nature" journal.

Presents an abstract of the paper "Some Clerical Operations and Languages," by R. A. Fairthorne, presented at the Third London Symposium on Information Theory in September 1955.

Presents the results of research on the readability of chemical literature. Examples of the poor readability of chemical literature; Factors that affect the readability of a text, including the number of sentences per paragraph; Reading formulas developed to measure the readability of chemical writing; Suggestions on improving the readability of chemical writing.

Presents an abstract of the article "Random Thoughts on CA in 1956-1," by Alden H. Emery, published in the November 1955 issue of the journal "Chemical and Engineerign News."

The article focuses on documentation in scientific information. Scientists need information both in order to keep abreast of published and not yet published work, and to avoid repeating research already done. They also need specific items of information from time to time or exhaustive surveys of a special subject. Fast communication among scientists is usually based on informal and somewhat haphazard methods rather than on publication, although the latter is much to be preferred if it can be speeded up. There has been a proliferation of sciences, scientists and scientific publication; subjects, people and journals are widely scattered. So far nothing is as satisfactory as print for effective, unified communication.

This article focuses on the report titled "Technical Writers Institute: Objective: Better Writing," published in the October 4, 1954 issue of the periodical "Technical Writing Review." It is a brief report of the second annual meeting of the Technical Writers' Institute, held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, last summer to develop and train technical writers.

This article presents information on the article "Jargon," published in the October 5, 1954 issue of the periodical "Technical Writing Review." The article states that jargon should be used properly. Technical writing need not be dull. The habit of paying all words, the compliment of respecting their peculiarities, should be developed.

Presents an abstract of the article "Technical Writing," published in the December 1954 issue of the "Journal of Documentation." Analysis of the main components of technical writing; Discussion of the special techniques the technical author must have at his command.

Presents information about the book "A Guide to Technical Writing," W. George Crouch and Robert L. Zetler. Includes preparation of business letters, technical letters, formal technical reports, journal articles.