The Goldsmiths Handbook

The goldsmith's handbook : containing full instructions for the alloying and working of gold ; including the art of alloying, melting, reducing, colouring, collecting and refining ; the processes of manipulation, recovery of waste ; chemical and physical properties of gold ; with new system of mixing its alloys ; solders, enamels, and other useful rules and recipes. by George E. Gee. Third edition, considerably enlarged. London : Crosby Lockwood and Co. 1886

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Excerpt from The Goldsmith's Handbook: Containing Full Instructions for the Alloying and Working of Gold Having been frequently applied to by gold-workers and others, with reference to certain difficulties relating to their trade, which they were unable to overcome mechanically, the idea presented itself to the mind of the Author, that a work practically treating on the "Uses and Applications of Gold," having special regard to the business of the goldsmith and jeweller, would be a useful auxiliary to the artificer also, by affording him a constant means for consultation and instruction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.