It's a well kept secret that most of applied science is just reading and writing reports. This collection from 1974 is a good example of why writing down the various techniques used in a lab can have long distance effects. Many of the techniques described are still applicable today, and although refined and superseded, they provide valuable insight into how the approaches were developed and how they can be reproduced. Combined with modern micro-controllers, some can be rival more expensive machines. In any case, reading these sorts of works provides valuable motivation and inspiration.
