Rare Publication on Ebook

Notes on Assaying and Assay Schemes

by Pierre Ricketts

1887 219 Pages

A great and very Rare Publication on the subject of Assaying. While technology changes a great many things, the methods of Assaying are pretty much the same today as they were 100 years ago. This Classic Text tells how to do it.

PART FIRST.

INTRODUCTION.

BALANCES AND WEIGHTS.

FURNACES AND FUELS.

CRUCIBLES, SCORLFIERS, AND CUPELS.

LUTES, CEMENTS, AND WASHES.

TOOLS AND APPARATUS.

REAGENTS AND CHEMICALS.

PRELIMINARY TESTING OF ORES.

SAMPLING AND PULVERIZING.

WEIGHING ORE AND REAGENTS.

CALCINATION AND ROASTING.

REDUCTION AND FUSION.

DISTILLATION AND SUBLIMATION.

SCORIFICATION AND CUPELLATION.

INQUARTATION AND PARTING.

WEIGHING BEADS AND BULLION.

TABULATING RESULTS AND REPORTING.

PART SECOND.

ASSAY OF LEAD.

" " ANTIMONY.

" " GOLD AND SILVER.

" " PLATINUM.

" " ZINC.

" " MERCURY.

" " BISMUTH.

" " TIN.

" " COPPER.

" " IRON.

" " NICKEL AND COBALT.

" " CARBON.

PART THIRD.

SILVER BULLION.

GOLD BULLION.

CHLORINATION ASSAY.

LEAD — SCHEME FOR WET ASSAY.

PLATINUM " " " "

ZINC " " " "

BISMUTH " " " "

Tin " " " "

COPPER " " " "

IRON " " " "

MANGANESE " " " "

NICKEL " " " "

SULPHUR " " " "

PART FOURTH.

PRECIOUS STONES.

SCALE OF HARDNESS.

METALS—CHARACTERISTICS.

ORES—CHARACTERISTICS.

U. S. COINS—COMPOSITION AND VALUE.

MEASURES OF WEIGHT AND VOLUME.

SPECIFIC GRAVITY.

THERMOMETERS.

TABLE OF VALUES FOR GRAIN WEIGHTS.

MULTIPLICATION AND CUPELLATION TABLES

FOR GOLD.

BLANK REPORTS.

PROBLEMS AND QUESTIONS.

REFERENCES ON ASSAYING.

APPENDIX.

MANIPULATION, FORMULA, AND CALCULATION.

BLOWPIPE ANALYSIS, APPARATUS, AND REAGENTS.

CHEMICAL APPARATUS AND REAGENTS.

ASSAYER'S OUTFIT.

SPECIAL METHODS FOR GOLD ORES AND ALLOYS.

OUTLINE EXAMINATION SCHEME FOR THE ASSAY OF

ORES.

RULES FOR THE EXAMINATION OF A MlNE.

SCHEME FOR QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS—ZETTNOW.

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