Chapter XXXIX: Introduction: Mode of Occurrence of

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A THREE YEARS' COURSE FOR STUDENTS OF SCHOOLS OF MINES.

By W.A. MACLEOD, B.A., B.Sc., A.O.S.M. (N.Z.),

Formerly Assist.-Director, Thames School of Mines (N.Z.), and Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Tasmania; Director of Queensland Government School of Mines, Charters Towers;

AND CHAS. WALKER, F.C.S.,

Formerly Assist.-Demonstrator in Chemistry, Sydney University; Lecturer in Chemistry and Metallurgy, Charters Towers School of Mines

PART I.--QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS AND PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF GASES.

PART II.--QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS.