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]

CHAPTER XIII.

Licences and Duties.

Acts of the Legislature[186]
43 George III., c. 69[186]
6 George I., c. 11[187]
31 George II., c. 32[188]
32 George II., c. 14[188]
24 George III., c. 53[188]
37 George III., c. 90[188]
44 George III., c. 98[189]
55 George III., c. 185[189]
Table of Various Duties[189]
Manufactured Plate[190]
Remarks on the Licence Question[191], [196]
Act of Parliament in Licences[193]
Clause of Act[193], [194]
Tax or Licence unjustly Assessed[195], [196]

CHAPTER XIV.

Useful Information for the Trade.

Silversmith’s Alloys[197]
Silver Wares[197]
Cleaning Plate[198]
Imitation Silver[198]
Another[198]
Removing Gold from Silver Articles[198]
Oxidizing Silver[198]
Dipping Mixture[199]
Silver Powder for Copper[199]
Powder for Silver[200]
To protect the Polish of Metals[200]
Silver-stripping Mixture[200]
Stripping Silver[201]
Soft Solder[201]
Soldering Fluid[201]
Dissolving Silver[202]
Dissolving Silver Alloy[202]
Dissolving Copper[202]
Dissolving Soft Solder[202]
Dissolving Silver Solder[202]
Dissolving Sealing-wax[202]
Resist Varnish[202]
Plate Powder[202]
Electro-plating Soft Solder[202]
Another Recipe[203]
Testing Silver Wares[203]
Another Test[204]
Perchloride of Iron[205]
Aluminium Alloy[205]
New Alloy[205]
Removing Gold from Silver Wares[205]
Silver Plating Fluid[206]
Plate-cleaning Powder[206]
Solder for Aluminium[206]

CHAPTER XV.