Lead Ores and Compounds
LEAD AND ITS COMPOUNDS. By Thos. Lambert, Technical and Consulting Chemist. Demy 8vo. 226 pp. Forty Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. 3d. abroad.)
Contents.
History — Ores of Lead — Geographical Distribution of the Lead Industry — Chemical and Physical Properties of Lead — Alloys of Lead — Compounds of Lead — Dressing of Lead Ores — Smelting of Lead Ores — Smelting in the Scotch or American Ore-hearth — Smelting in the Shaft or Blast Furnace — Condensation of Lead Fume — Desilverisation, or the Separation of Silver from Argentiferous Lead — Cupellation — The Manufacture of Lead Pipes and Sheets — Protoxide of Lead — Litharge and Massicot — Red Lead or Minium — Lead Poisoning — Lead Substitutes — Zinc and its Compounds — Pumice Stone — Drying Oils and Siccatives — Oil of Turpentine Resin — Classification of Mineral Pigments — Analysis of Raw and Finished Products — Tables — Index.
NOTES ON LEAD ORES: Their Distribution and Properties. By Jas. Fairie, F.G.S. Crown 8vo. 64 pages. Price 2s. 6d. net. (Post free, 2s. 9d. home; 3s. abroad.)