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Text-book of Assaying

This is a formal but relaxed text covering assaying techniques for most of the substances which are mined. As the authors say: "At first our intention was to supply a description of those substances only which have a commercial value, but on consideration we have added short accounts of the rarer elements..."

The book's early chapters are wide-ranging, describing the general theory of assaying and a range of methods and reagents, with the later chapters describing analytical methods for different groups of metals and for some non-metallic substances. It includes many excellent illustrations of the scientific method, demonstrating the effects of changing the parameters of many of the assay techniques.

It was first published in 1889; this edition in 1904.

[The reader has omitted some mathematical examples, tables of data and descriptions of figures, where their inclusion would seem to over-complicate the text; and has attempted to describe many of the pieces of apparatus which are illustrated.] (Introduction by Peter Yearsley)

Year of Publication: 1904Genres: Earth Sciences

Running Time: 23 hours 30 minutes 37 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Ch 1 - Introductory Peter Yearsley	35:55
2	Ch 2 - Dry Gravimetric Methods Peter Yearsley	35:28
3	Ch 3 - Wet Gravimetric Methods Peter Yearsley	19:09
4	Ch 4 - Volumetric Assays Peter Yearsley	39:17
5	Ch 5 - Weighing and Measuring Peter Yearsley	22:12
6	Ch 6 - Re-agents Peter Yearsley	47:56
7	Ch 7 - Formulae, Equations, etc. Peter Yearsley	21:35
8	Ch 8 - Specific Gravity Peter Yearsley	35:20
9	Ch 9, Part 1 - Silver, Gold, Cyanides, Platinum, Mercury Peter Yearsley	32:35
10	Ch 9, Part 2 - Silver, Gold, Cyanides, Platinum, Mercury Peter Yearsley	33:29
11	Ch 9, Part 3 - Silver, Gold, Cyanides, Platinum, Mercury Peter Yearsley	23:16
12	Ch 9, Part 4 - Silver, Gold, Cyanides, Platinum, Mercury Peter Yearsley	32:25
13	Ch 9, Part 5 - Silver, Gold, Cyanides, Platinum, Mercury Peter Yearsley	22:35
14	Ch 9, Part 6 - Silver, Gold, Cyanides, Platinum, Mercury Peter Yearsley	28:54
15	Ch 9, Part 7 - Silver, Gold, Cyanides, Platinum, Mercury Peter Yearsley	27:03
16	Ch 9, Part 8 - Silver, Gold, Cyanides, Platinum, Mercury Peter Yearsley	34:08
17	Ch 9, Part 9 - Silver, Gold, Cyanides, Platinum, Mercury Peter Yearsley	32:30
18	Ch 9, Part 10 - Silver, Gold, Cyanides, Platinum, Mercury Peter Yearsley	15:05
19	Ch 10, Part 1 - Copper, Lead, Thallium, Bismuth, Antimony Peter Yearsley	29:08
20	Ch 10, Part 2 - Copper, Lead, Thallium, Bismuth, Antimony Peter Yearsley	27:26
21	Ch 10, Part 3 - Copper, Lead, Thallium, Bismuth, Antimony Peter Yearsley	35:23
22	Ch 10, Part 4 - Copper, Lead, Thallium, Bismuth, Antimony Peter Yearsley	27:16
23	Ch 10, Part 5 - Copper, Lead, Thallium, Bismuth, Antimony Peter Yearsley	29:46
24	Ch 10, Part 6 - Copper, Lead, Thallium, Bismuth, Antimony Peter Yearsley	32:59
25	Ch 11, Part 1 - Iron, Nickel, Cobalt, Zinc, Cadmium Peter Yearsley	34:15
26	Ch 11, Part 2 - Iron, Nickel, Cobalt, Zinc, Cadmium Peter Yearsley	36:43
27	Ch 11, Part 3 - Iron, Nickel, Cobalt, Zinc, Cadmium Peter Yearsley	34:02
28	Ch 11, Part 4 - Iron, Nickel, Cobalt, Zinc, Cadmium Peter Yearsley	30:38
29	Ch12, Part 1 - Tin, Tungsten, Titanium Peter Yearsley	30:17
30	Ch12, Part 2 - Tin, Tungsten, Titanium Peter Yearsley	39:31
31	Ch12, Part 3 - Tin, Tungsten, Titanium Peter Yearsley	16:25
32	Ch 13, Part 1 - Manganese, Chromium, etc. Peter Yearsley	30:52
33	Ch 13, Part 2 - Manganese, Chromium, etc. Peter Yearsley	20:34
34	Ch 14, Part 1 - Earths, Alkaline Earths, Alkalies Peter Yearsley	33:39
35	Ch 14, Part 2 - Earths, Alkaline Earths, Alkalies Peter Yearsley	28:31
36	Ch 14, Part 3 - Earths, Alkaline Earths, Alkalies Peter Yearsley	28:21
37	Ch 15, Part 2 - Oxygen and Oxides - The Halogens Peter Yearsley	25:23
38	Ch 15, Part 1 - Oxygen and Oxides - The Halogens Peter Yearsley	19:38
39	Ch 15, Part 3 - Oxygen and Oxides - The Halogens Peter Yearsley	24:52
40	Ch 16 - Sulphur and Sulphates Peter Yearsley	45:00
41	Ch 17, Part 1 - Arsenic, Phosphorus, Nitrogen Peter Yearsley	46:07
42	Ch 17, Part 2 - Arsenic, Phosphorus, Nitrogen Peter Yearsley	32:46
43	Ch 18, Part 1 - Silicon, Carbon, Boron Peter Yearsley	32:48
44	Ch 18, Part 2 - Silicon, Carbon, Boron Peter Yearsley	28:03
45	Ch 18, Part 3 - Silicon, Carbon, Boron Peter Yearsley	28:32
46	Appendix B Peter Yearsley	16:29
47	Appendix C Peter Yearsley	26:21