|
Click Images to Enlarge

Item Description
A TEXT BOOK OF
PRECIOUS STONES FOR JEWELERS
and
THE GEM-LOVING PUBLIC
BY FRANK B. WADE, B.S. HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. AUTHOR OF "DIAMONDS: A STUDY OF THE FACTORS THAT GOVERN THEIR VALUE"
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker Press COPYRIGHT, 1918
First printing, January, 1918 Second " March, 1924
Illustrated - 88 pages - on CD
CONTENTS
LESSON I.— HOW STONES ARE DISTINGUISHED FROM ONE ANOTHER II.— REFRACTION III.—DOUBLE REFRACTION IV.—ABSORPTION AND DICHROISM V.— SPECIFIC GRAVITY VI.— SPECIFIC GRAVITY DETERMINATIONS VII.— LUSTER AND OTHER REFLECTION EFFECTS VIII.— HARDNESS IX.—HARDNESS (Continued) X.— DISPERSION XI.— COLOR XII.— COLOR (Continued) XIII.— COLOR (Continued) XIV.— COLOR (Concluded) XV.— HOW TO TELL SCIENTIFIC STONES FROM NATURAL GEMS XVI.— HOW TO TEST AN "UNKNOWN" GEM XVII.— SUITABILITY OF STONES FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF JEWELS, AS DETERMINED BY HARDNESS, BRITTLENESS, AND CLEAVABILITY XVIII.—MINERAL SPECIES TO WHICH THE VARIOUS GEMS BELONG AND THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION THEREOF XIX.— THE NAMING OF PRECIOUS STONES XX.— THE NAMING OF PRECIOUS STONES (Concluded) XXI.—WHERE PRECIOUS STONES ARE FOUND XXII.—HOW ROUGH PRECIOUS STONES ARE CUT
CONDITION: NEW on CD out of print public domain book
Includes new slim jewel case
Shipping & Payment
TERMS AND CONDITIONS... S&H Includes Tracking/Delivery Confirmation in US. Multiple purchases may qualify for combined S&H rates (Please Ask) Ships by US Mail in US .. I WILL make International Shipments .. International Buyers, Please email me for S&H Charges.
|