A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe

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Title: A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations
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A SYSTEM OF INSTRUCTION IN THE PRACTICAL USE OF THE BLOWPIPE.
BEING A GRADUATED COURSE OF ANALYSIS FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS AND ALL THOSE ENGAGED IN THE EXAMINATION OF METALLIC COMBINATIONS.
NEW YORK: H. BAILLIèRE, 290 BROADWAY, AND 219 REGENT STREET, LONDON.
PARIS: J.B. BAILLIèRE ET FILS, RUE HAUTEFEUILLE. MADRID: C. BAILLY-BAILLIèRE, CALLE DEL PRINCIPE. 1858.
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ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by C.E. BAILLIèRE, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.
W.H. TINSON, Printer and Stereotyper, 43 Centre Street.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PART I.
Preface, 7 The Use of the Blowpipe, 9 Utensils--The Blowpipe, 12 The Oil Lamp, 22 The Spirit Lamp, 23 Charcoal Support, 24 Platinum Supports, 26 Iron Spoons, 28 Glass Tubes, 28 Other Apparatus necessary, 31 THE REAGENTS, 34 Reagents of General Use, 34 Carbonate of Soda, 34 Hydrate of Baryta, 35 Bi-sulphate of Potassa, 35 Oxalate of Potassa, 36 Cyanide of Potassium, 36 Nitrate of Potassa, 37 Borax, 38 Microcosmic Salt, 39 Nitrate of Cobalt, 40 Tin, 41 Silica, 42 Test Papers, 42 ESPECIAL REAGENTS, 43 Boracic Acid, 43 Fluorspar, 43 Oxalate of Nickel, 43 Oxide of Copper, 43 Antimoniate of Potassa, 44 Silver Foil, 44 Nitroprusside of Sodium, 44

PART II.
Initiatory Analysis, 47 Examination with the Glass Bulb, 47 " in the Open Tube, 52 " upon Charcoal, 55 " in the Platinum Forceps, 61 " in the Borax Bead, 69 " in Microcosmic Salt, 72 Table I.--Colors of Beads of Borax and Microcosmic Salt, 75 Table II.--Behavior of Metallic Oxydes with Borax and Microcosmic Salt, 85 Examinations with Carbonate of Soda, 103

PART III.
Special Reactions, 109 A.--METALLIC OXIDES: First Group.--The Alkalies: Potassa, Soda, Ammonia, and Lithia, 110 Second Group.--The Alkaline Earths: Baryta, Strontia, Lime, and Magnesia, 115 Third Group.--The Earths: Alumina, Glucina, Yttria, Thorina, and Zirconia, 121 Fourth Group.--Cerium, Lanthanium, Didymium, Columbium, Niobium, Pelopium, Titanium, Uranium, Vanadium, Chromium, Manganese, 124 Fifth Group.--Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, 135 Sixth Group.--Zinc, Cadmium, Antimony, Tellurium, 140 Seventh Group.--Lead, Bismuth, Tin, 149 Eighth Group.--Mercury, Arsenic, 157 Ninth Group.--Copper, Silver, Gold, 161 Tenth Group.--Molybdenum, Osmium, 165 Eleventh Group.--Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, 167
Non-Metallic Substances, 168
Tabular Statement of the Reactions of Minerals before the Blowpipe, 178 Carbon and Organic Minerals, 181 Potassa, 184 Soda, 186 Baryta and Strontia, 190 Lime, 192 Magnesia, 196 Alumina, 200 Silicates, 204 Uranium, 212 Iron, 214 Manganese, 222 Nickel and Cobalt, 226 Zinc, 232 Bismuth, 234 Lead, 238 Copper, 248 Antimony, 256 Arsenic, 260 Mercury, 262 Silver, 264
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PREFACE.
It is believed the arrangement of the present work is superior to that of many of its predecessors, as a vehicle for the facilitation of the student's progress. While it does not pretend to any other rank than as an introduction to the larger works, it is hoped that the arrangement of its matter is such that the beginner may more readily comprehend the entire subject of Blowpipe Analysis than if he were to begin his studies by the perusal of the more copious works of Berzelius and Plattner.
When the student shall have gone through these pages, and repeated the various reactions described, then he will be fully prepared to enter upon the study of the larger works. To progress through them will then be but a comparatively easy task.
The arrangement of this little work has been such as the author and his friends have considered the best that could be devised for the purpose of facilitating the progress of the student. Whether we have succeeded is left for the public to decide. The author is indebted to several of his friends for valuable contributions and suggestions.
S.
CINCINNATI, _June, 1857_.
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THE BLOWPIPE.

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Part First.
THE USE OF THE BLOWPIPE.
Perhaps during the last fifty years, no department of chemistry has been so enriched as that relating to analysis by means of the Blowpipe.
Through the unwearied exertions of men of science, the use of this instrument has arrived to such