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Title: A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe
Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students
And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic
Combinations

Author: Anonymous

Release Date: April 7, 2005 [EBook #15576]

Language: English

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A
SYSTEM OF INSTRUCTION
IN
THE PRACTICAL USE
OF
THE BLOWPIPE.

BEING A GRADUATED COURSE OF ANALYSIS FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS
AND ALL THOSE ENGAGED IN THE EXAMINATION OF METALLIC
COMBINATIONS.

NEW YORK:
H. BAILLIERE, 290 BROADWAY,
AND 219 REGENT STREET, LONDON.

PARIS: J.B. BAILLIERE ET FILS, RUE HAUTEFEUILLE.
MADRID: C. BAILLY-BAILLIERE, CALLE DEL PRINCIPE.
1858.

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ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by
C.E. BAILLIERE,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States,
for the Southern District of New York.

W.H. TINSON, Printer and Stereotyper, 43 Centre Street.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PART I.

Preface, 7
The Use of the Blowpipe, 9
Utensils--The Blowpipe, 12
The Oil Lamp, 22
The Spirit Lamp, 23
Charcoal Support, 24
Platinum Supports, 26
Iron Spoon