A Text-book of Assaying


Read by Peter Yearsley

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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) (23 hr 30 min)

Chapters

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