Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part I: The covalent bond -- Interbond angles and bond lengths -- Ionic crystals -- The geometrical basis of crystal chemistry -- The crystalline state -- The experimental methods of structural chemistry -- Part II: Hydrogen -- The halogens-simple halides -- Complex, Oxy-, and hydroxy-halides -- Oxygen and sulphur -- Simple metallic oxides -- Complex oxides -- Oxysulphides and sulphides -- Hydroxides -- Water and hydrates -- Nitrogen -- Phosphorus -- The elements of the VA and VB subgroups -- Carbon -- Cyanides, carbonyls, alkayls and carbides -- Silicon -- Boron -- Copper, silver and gold -- Other B subgroup elements: The inert pair -- The group VIII metals -- The lanthanides and actinides -- Metals and alloys.