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| Literature | [xiii] |
| Part I. |
| The changes undergone by antiquities in earth and in air | [1] |
| Limestone and clay | [2] |
| Iron | [7] |
| Bronze and copper | [15] |
| Silver | [49] |
| Lead | [53] |
| Tin | [53] |
| Gold | [53] |
| Glass | [54] |
| Organic substances | [54] |
| Part II. |
| The preservation of antiquities | [56] |
| i. Preservation of objects composed of inorganic substances | |
| a. Limestone | [56] |
| b. Marble and alabaster | [74] |
| c. Earthenware | [74] |
| d. Slightly baked or unbaked clay | [81] |
| e. Fayence | [86] |
| f. Stucco and Nile-mud | [87] |
| g. Sandstone and granite | [87] |
| Appendix: Cement for earthenware. Restorations | [87] |
| h. Iron | [89] |
| 1. Methods of preserving objects of iron without removal of the rust | [89] |
| 2. Preservation by steeping and subsequent impregnation | [92] |
| 3. Preservation by removal of the rust | [102] |
| 4. Preservation of medieval iron objects | [119] |
| i. Bronze and copper | [120] |
| A. Methods of impregnation | [122] |
| B. Preservation by reduction | [125] |
| Reduction of oxidized copper coins | [140] |
| Cleaning copper coins with melted lead | [143] |
| C. Preservation by exclusion of air | [144] |
| Appendix: Method of bringing out worn lettering upon coins | [146] |
| j. Silver | [148] |
| k. Lead and tin | [149] |
| l. Gold | [150] |
| m. Glass and enamel | [151] |
| ii. Preservation of organic substances. | |
| n. Bones, horns, ivory | [151] |
| o. Leather | [152] |
| p. Textile fabrics, hair | [153] |
| q. Feathers | [154] |
| r. Papyrus | [154] |
| s. Wood | [156] |
| 1. Dry preservation | [156] |
| 2. Preservation in liquids | [159] |
| Protection against wood-worms, etc. | [160] |
| Preservation and cleaning of coloured objects of wood | [161] |
| t. Amber | [162] |
| Care of antiquities after preservative treatment | [162] |
| Concluding remarks | [164] |
| Appendix A. Method of taking squeezes of inscriptions | [166] |
| Appendix B. Zapon | [168] |
| Index | [171] |