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Circa 1901. this book has been written to meet the modern and practical methods of science teaching, which are now being universally recognized and adopted in schools and colleges. Formally, students were taught chemistry in the lecture room. The knowledge so gained being supplemented by a minimum amount of practical work, and that almost exclusively analytical. the tendency of the present day is to make this student, from the very beginning, an investigator, to train and develop his fact is faculties for observation, to make and find out facts and discover truths for himself, In other words, to make him think instead of merely committing to memory what others have thought.

Great resource for collectors of minerals and gemstones who want to underestand more about mineral deposits and prospecting

In the study and conservation of art and artifacts, natural organic materials are frequently encountered in components such as coatings, binders, and adhesives. Their identification is often crucial in the attempt to characterize the technologies employed by artists, understand the processesand causes of deterioration, and plan appropriate conservation treatments. Many analysis techniques are often too costly for conservation laboratories. Thin-layer chromatography can help fill the gap. This volume, the first in the Getty Conservation Institute's Scientific Tools for Conservationseries, consists of a handbook, protocols, and a guide to reference materials. The handbook serves as a primer for the basic application of thin-layer chromatography to the analysis of coating, binders, and adhesives found on cultural objects; the protocols provide step-by-step instructions forprocedures involved in typical analyses; and the guide aids in the understanding of the types of materials and documentation needed.