Tables for the Determination of Minerals by Physical Properties Ascertainable With the Aid of a Few Field Instruments

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Excerpt from Tables for the Determination of Minerals by Physical Properties Ascertainable With the Aid of a Few Field Instruments: Based on the System of Prof. Dr. Albin WeisbachStarting with these postulates, as soon as I had decided to add a column of formulas to the tables, I determined to try, to the best of my ability, to reconcile the most reliable records of analysis with it, and if possible, in the light of the modern chem iatry, to push this effort beyond mere empirical percentages to the construction of rational formulas. I frankly own at the outset my entire responsibility for all the errors into which I may have been drawn, and cheerfully grant that many of my inferences may be mistaken.While overhauling the records of analysis which were accessible to me, to recalen late formulas whose character should express unit I was forced in some few cases into making bold assumptions as to the manner in w ich the anion and cathion radicals were strung together, and it is in such formulas that I expect, and shall meekly submit to, criticism.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.