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The Silversmith’s Handbook

by George E. Gee

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Chapter XII Economical Process

Working Loss 175
Lowest Estimate Real Loss 175
Total Working Loss 176
Shop Floors 177
Waste-saving Precautions 177, 178
Treatment of Waste 178
Burning of Polishings 179
Treatment of Waste Liquids 180
Processes for the Recovery of Silver from Waste Waters 180, 182
Chloride of Silver 183
Aqua-regia 183
Precipitating Silver in Waste Waters 183
Solution for Precipitation 184
Sediment in Collecting-vessels 185

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