[CONTENTS.]

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.

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Silver a Precious Metal[1]
Economy of Treatment[1]
Working Silversmiths[2]
English and Foreign Workmen[2]
Technical Education[2]
Pure Silver[3]
Plate and Ornamental Wares[4]

CHAPTER I.

Silver.

Silver, Characteristics of[5]
Silver for Filigree Work[5]
Indian Filigree Workers[5]
Malleability of Silver[6]
Ductility of Silver[6]
Test for Pure Silver[6]
Silver known to the Ancients[6]
Silver Currency[6]
Polished Silver[7]
Tarnishing of Silver[7]
Density of Silver[7]
Fusibility of Silver[7]
Heating Power of Silver[7]
Action of Silver under Great Heat[8]
Hardness of Silver[8]
Nitrate of Silver[8]
Silver resists Aqua-regia[8]
Chief Places of Filigree Manufacture[8]
Chief Uses of Silver[9]
Price of Silver, Commercial[9]
Ores of Silver[9]
Dissolution of Silver[9]
Caustic Alkalies[10]
Nitre[10]
Vegetable Acids[10]

CHAPTER II.

Sources of Silver.