Excerpt from The Chemical Analysis of Iron: A Complete Account of All the Best Known Methods for the Analysis of Iron, Steel, Pig-Iron, Iron Ore, Limestone, Slag, Clay, Sand, Coal, Coke, and Furnace and Producer Gases The various methods for the analysis of iron and steel. As well as the descriptions of special apparatus to facilitate the perform ance of the analytical work. Are so Widely distributed through transactions of societies, journals, reviews. Periodicals, and works on general analytical chemistry, that only the possessor of a chemical library can command the literature of the subject. It is my object in the following pages to bring within the compass of a single volume, as nearly as possible, all the methods of real value to the iron analyst, and in doing this to give the credit of originality for the different methods and improvements to the proper persons. In many cases this has been very difficult, and I shall be glad to have any mistake that I have made brought to my attention. This work presupposes some knowledge of general and analytical chemistry, and some practical experience in laboratory work and manipulation, as it is intended to be a guide for the student of iron chemistry only. For such persons the details of the descriptions of the methods will. I hope. Often prove of great assistance. Very few exceptions. These descriptions are the results of my own experience in the use of the methods. And the details are those that seemed to me to be of importance in their practical performance. Many of the special forms of apparatus are of my own contriyance: they have proved extremely useful to me, and I hope may facilitate in some cases the Work of iron chemists, to whom often very little is given and of whom very much is required. 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.