The metallurgy of quicksilver,

First edition, May, 1925. cf. verso of t.-p.

The mineral industry of the British empire and foreign countries. Statistics, 1920-1922. Quicksilver.

At head of title: Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau.

The mineral industry of the British empire and foreign countries. Statistics, 1919-1921. Quicksilver.

At head of title: Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau.

A philosophical and practical essay on the gold and silver mines of Mexico and Peru : containing the nature of the ore, and the manner of working the mines, the qualities and use of quicksilver, the cleansing and refining these metals : with many useful observations concerning the assay of metals, the manner of conveying them to Europe, and remarks on the gold mines in Hungary, and those of Asia and Africa /

No Spanish ed. in: NUC pre-1956, BLC, Sabin, Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.).

A compendium of the anatomy of the human body : intended principally for the use of students ... This edition is prefixed with A compendious history of anatomy, and The Ruyschian art and method of making preparations to exhibit the structure of the human body, illustrated with a representation of the quicksilver tray and its appendages, which is not in the London edition.

"A compendious history of anatomy" and "The Ruyschian art and method of making preparations to exhibit the structure of the human body" (32 p. at front of v. 1) are by Robert Hooper, and are reprinted, with slight changes in text, from his The anatomist's vade-mecum, 4th ed., London, 1802.

The Effects of Lime on the Amalgamation of Gold.

An amalgam is an alloy of mercury with other metals, and amalgamation is the art of making or forming amalgams. In metallurgical language the word is limited to the means adopted for the recovery of gold and silver from their ores by the use of mercury.

Letters from William Tudor to Thomas Handasyd Perkins,

Four letters on topics including the capture of an American ship, the General Carrington, at Callao, Peru, and the loss and damage incurred; the movements of Simón Bolívar and the state of the conflicts with Spain; the impact of the war on trade, with details on prices and speculation in goods like foodstuffs and domestic quicksilver; and the "deteriorating" condition of American merchant seamen.

Letter from Charles B. Bullard to William Tudor,

Letter enclosed with two letters to be delivered to Perkins & Co. regarding quicksilver.