Excerpt from The Chemical Analysis of Lead and Its Compounds A review of the literature on the analysis of lead and its compounds reveals a multiplicity of methods, many of which are of little value in technical work of today, owing to the many operation entailed and the possibility of error attending every lengthy analysis. The laboratory of today, so closely connected with all lines of manufacture, must control through chemical analysis every process leading from the raw material to each finished product. It demands extreme accuracy coupled with rapidity of manipulation. That the best methods combining these salient points are not in general use in many laboratories dealing with lead compounds is evidenced from the numerous requests for such which continually reach us. It is with the hope that the methods adopted by the leading laboratories in the lead districts, will prove of some special value, that this work is written. In it will be found certain new methods which retain exactness with considerable conservation of time and many others of general adoption. Should it aid in increasing the efficiency of any laboratory practice the authors will feel that its mission has been fulfilled. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.