A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe. Anonymous

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066243036

Table of Contents

       PREFACE.

       THE BLOWPIPE.

       Part First.

       THE USE OF THE BLOWPIPE.

       B. UTENSILS.

       VARIOUS APPARATUS NECESSARY.

       THE REAGENTS.

       Part II.

       INITIATORY ANALYSIS.

       1. EXAMINATIONS WITH THE GLASS BULB.

       2. EXAMINATIONS IN THE OPEN TUBE.

       3. EXAMINATIONS UPON CHARCOAL.

       4. EXAMINATIONS IN THE PLATINUM FORCEPS.

       5. EXAMINATIONS IN THE BORAX BEAD.

       6. EXAMINATIONS IN MICROCOSMIC SALT.

       TABLE I.

       A. BORAX

       A. BORAX

       B. MICROCOSMIC SALT.

       B. MICROCOSMIC SALT.

       TABLE II.

       7. EXAMINATIONS WITH CARBONATE OF SODA.

       Part III

       SPECIAL REACTIONS; OR, THE BEHAVIOR OF SUBSTANCES BEFORE THE BLOWPIPE.

       A. METALLIC OXIDES.

       CLASS II.

       CLASS III.

       NON-METALLIC SUBSTANCES.

       TABULAR STATEMENT OF THE REACTIONS OF MINERALS BEFORE THE BLOWPIPE.

       POTASH.

       SODA.

       BARYTA AND STRONTIA.

       LIME.

       MAGNESIA.

       ALUMINA.

       SILICATES.

       TABLE II.

       URANIUM.

       IRON.

       MANGANESE.

       NICKEL AND COBALT.

       ZINC.

       BISMUTH.

       LEAD.

       COPPER.

       ANTIMONY.

       ARSENIC.

       MERCURY.

       SILVER.

       THE END.

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      It is believed the arrangement of the present work is superior to that of many of its predecessors, as a vehicle for the facilitation of the student's progress. While it does not pretend to any other rank than as an introduction to the larger works, it is hoped that the arrangement of its matter is such that the beginner