The Assayer's Guide; Or, Practical Directions to Assayers, Miners, and Smelters: For the Tests and Assays, by Heat and Wet Processes, of the Ores of All the Principal Metals, of Gold and Silver Coins and Alloys, and of Coal, &c |
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| Title | The Assayer's Guide; Or, Practical Directions to Assayers, Miners, and Smelters: For the Tests and Assays, by Heat and Wet Processes, of the Ores of All the Principal Metals, of Gold and Silver Coins and Alloys, and of Coal, &c |
| Author | Oscar Montgomery Lieber |
| Publisher | A.C. Baird & Company, 1884 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 13 Apr 2007 |
| Length | 133 pages |
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