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Contents (41)
  1. Opening about 1 min
  2. Preface about 2 min
  3. Chapter I under 1 min
  4. II. METHODS OF ASSAYING.--DRY GRAVIMETRIC METHODS under 1 min
  5. III. WET GRAVIMETRIC METHODS under 1 min
  6. IV. VOLUMETRIC ASSAYS under 1 min
  7. V. WEIGHING AND MEASURING under 1 min
  8. VI. REAGENTS under 1 min
  9. Chapter VII under 1 min
  10. VIII. SPECIFIC GRAVITY under 1 min
  11. IX. SILVER, GOLD, PLATINUM, CYANIDES, MERCURY about 1 min
  12. X. COPPER, LEAD, THALLIUM, BISMUTH, ANTIMONY under 1 min
  13. XI. IRON, NICKEL, COBALT, ZINC, CADMIUM under 1 min
  14. XII. TIN, TUNGSTEN, TITANIUM under 1 min
  15. XIII. MANGANESE, CHROMIUM, ETC under 1 min
  16. XIV. EARTHS, ALKALINE EARTHS, ALKALIES under 1 min
  17. XV. OXYGEN AND OXIDES--THE HALOGENS under 1 min
  18. XVI. SULPHUR AND SULPHATES under 1 min
  19. XVII. ARSENIC, PHOSPHORUS, NITROGEN under 1 min
  20. XVIII. SILICON, CARBON, BORON under 1 min
  21. I. INTRODUCTORY about 21 min
  22. II. METHODS OF ASSAYING.--DRY GRAVIMETRIC METHODS about 20 min
  23. III. WET GRAVIMETRIC METHODS about 12 min
  24. IV. VOLUMETRIC ASSAYS about 22 min
  25. V. WEIGHING AND MEASURING about 12 min
  26. VI. RE-AGENTS.--ACIDS, ETC about 25 min
  27. VII. FORMULÆ, EQUATIONS, ETC about 9 min
  28. VIII. SPECIFIC GRAVITY about 19 min
  29. IX. SILVER, GOLD, CYANIDES, PLATINUM, MERCURY about 2 h 49 min
  30. X. COPPER--LEAD--THALLIUM--BISMUTH--ANTIMONY about 1 h 37 min
  31. XI. IRON--NICKEL--COBALT--ZINC--CADMIUM about 1 h 8 min
  32. XII. TIN--TUNGSTEN--TITANIUM about 47 min
  33. XIII. MANGANESE, CHROMIUM, &c about 25 min
  34. XIV. EARTHS, ALKALINE EARTHS, ALKALIES about 48 min
  35. XV. OXYGEN AND OXIDES.--THE HALOGENS about 36 min
  36. XVI. SULPHUR AND SULPHATES about 22 min
  37. XVII. ARSENIC, PHOSPHORUS, NITROGEN about 39 min
  38. XVIII. SILICON, CARBON, BORON about 2 h 5 min
  39. II. THE ATMOSPHERE OF OUR PRESENT PERIOD. APPENDICES; INDEX about 9 min
  40. III. ASSAYING, TECHNICAL ANALYSIS (GAS, WATER, FUELS, OILS, &C.) about 9 min
  41. II. THE EARTH METALS: Aluminium, Cerium, Lanthanum, Didymium about 27 min

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