Chapter I: Silver

Silver, Characteristics of 5
Silver for Filigree Work 5
Indian Filigree Workers 5
Malleability of Silver 6
Ductility of Silver 6
Test for Pure Silver 6
Silver known to the Ancients 6
Silver Currency 6
Polished Silver 7
Tarnishing of Silver 7
Density of Silver 7
Fusibility of Silver 7
Heating Power of Silver 7
Action of Silver under Great Heat 8
Hardness of Silver 8
Nitrate of Silver 8
Silver resists Aqua-regia 8
Chief Places of Filigree Manufacture 8
Chief Uses of Silver 9
Price of Silver, Commercial 9
Ores of Silver 9
Dissolution of Silver 9
Caustic Alkalies 10
Nitre 10
Vegetable Acids 10

CHAPTER II.

_Sources of Silver._

Silver-mining 11
Great Britain 11
British Isles' Yield of Silver 11
Spain 11
America 11
Native Silver 11
European Supplies of Silver 12
American Supply of Silver 12
The Richest Mine 12
State of the Jewellery Trade 12
Yield of Silver 13
Foreign Silver Currency 13
Chief Sources of British Silver 13
State in which it is found 14