Diamonds

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Basic fractions are displayed as ½ ⅓ ¼ etc; other fractions are shown in the form a / b , for example 1 / 144 or 5 / 12 .
Harper’s Library of Living Thought
DIAMONDS BY SIR WILLIAM CROOKES HARPER & BROTHERS LONDON & NEW YORK

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SIR WILLIAM CROOKES
LL.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.
Foreign Sec. R.S., Hon. LL.D. (Birmingham), Hon. Sc.D. (Camb. and Dubl.), Hon. D.Sc. (Oxon. and Cape of Good Hope); Past Pres. Chem. Soc., Brit. Assoc., Inst. Elect. Eng., Soc. Psych. Res.; Hon. Mem. Roy. Phil. Soc. Glasgow, Roy. Soc. N.S.W., Pharm. Soc., Chem. Metall. and Mining Soc. of South Africa, Amer. Chem. Soc., Amer. Philos. Soc., Roy. Soc. Sci. Upsala, Deutsch. Chem. Gesell. Berlin, Psychol. Soc. Paris, “Antonio Alzate” Sci. Soc. Mexico. Sci. Soc. Bucharest, Reg. Accad. Zelanti, Aci Reale; Corresp. Inst. de France (Acad. Sci.), Corresp. Mem. Bataafsch Genoots. Rotterdam, Soc. d’Encouragement pour l’Indust. Paris, For. Mem. Accad. Lincei Rome.
WITH 24 ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON AND NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS 45 ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1909
TO MY WIFE