Produced by Curtis Weyant, Victoria Woosley and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. 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. * * * * * 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. * * * * * 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