Topher_osAUrus
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I have amassed fair amount of books, but there are still many I am actively searching for. And I am certain there are many that I have never even heard of.
The majority of these I have read cover to cover, a couple are mainly just reference books for me.
I spent a rather sad amount of time debating how to organize the books in this list, which made me contemplate if I should rearrange my shelf. I conceded.. ...anyways.
**-Books on my shelf or in my bag:
*Noble Metals by Jeffrey St. John, Time Life/Planet Earth books
*Gold in the Ancient World by Ram
*Gold by Brian Kettell
*Everything You Wanted to Know About Gold by Russel Burkett
*Testing Precious Metals by CM Hoke
*Refining Precious Metals by CM Hoke
*De Re Metallica by Agricola/Hoover
*Small Scale Refining of Jeweler's Wastes by Loewen
*Metallurgy of Gold by TK Rose
*Recovery and Refining of Metals Dr. G. Gore
*The Principles of Applied Electrochemistry by Arthur J Allmand
*Electro-Deposition, a Practical Treatise on the Electrolysis of Gold, Silver, Copper, Nickel, and Other Metals and Alloys by A. Watt
*Silver: Economics, Metallurgy, and Uses by Butts and Coxe
*Gold: Recovery, Properties, and Applications by EM Wise
*Cyanide Practice 1910 to 1913 by Von Bernewitz
*Technical and Industrial Platinum by J. bishop and Co
*Platinum Metals and Their Alloys
*Platinum Group Metals and Compounds
*Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry of Platinum
*Principles of Metallography by Williams and Homerburg
*Beryllium and the Rare Minerals by Raymond Maulsby
* CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (33rd and 52nd)
I think thats all, one or two aren't pictured (besides the ones I recently ordered...I hate waiting for the post! Especially when they are from overseas)
##-Books I am waiting on to arrive/Books I just bought:
#Corrosion in Action by International Nickel Co
#Rapid Identification of Some Metals and Alloys by INCO
#Palladium by EM Wise
#Condensed Chemical Dictionary by Rose
#Metallurgy of Gold by M Eissler
$$-Books I am wanting/looking for a good, reasonably priced copy of:
$ Any other books by EM Wise
$ Any other refining related International Nickel Co books
$ IPMI stuff
$ A copy of GSP's book (I have looked and looked and looked!)
$ Intro to Metallurgy by Prof Roberts Austen
$ Metallurgy of Silver and Gold by Dr. Percy
Also open to any other suggestions as well.
I was going to go over the books, writing a small synopsis of each one and the value to a beginning refiner, etc... So new people who also love to read, would have a good idea of what books are best to purchase first, and which ones could wait until later. But, this post is already pretty long. So, only if there is great interest will I do it. Or maybe we can start a GRF book club and share/discuss what we find interesting in the book that we have read! ...I don't know about anyone else (this may seem sacrilegious to some), but I annotate all of my books when reading them. Writing down pertinent information, or curiosities in need of further study. It helps to keep the train of thought, and grasp new concepts (for me anyways)
Anyways, thanks for suffering through this, if any of you have any books for sale that I don't have, please contact me!
The majority of these I have read cover to cover, a couple are mainly just reference books for me.
I spent a rather sad amount of time debating how to organize the books in this list, which made me contemplate if I should rearrange my shelf. I conceded.. ...anyways.
**-Books on my shelf or in my bag:
*Noble Metals by Jeffrey St. John, Time Life/Planet Earth books
*Gold in the Ancient World by Ram
*Gold by Brian Kettell
*Everything You Wanted to Know About Gold by Russel Burkett
*Testing Precious Metals by CM Hoke
*Refining Precious Metals by CM Hoke
*De Re Metallica by Agricola/Hoover
*Small Scale Refining of Jeweler's Wastes by Loewen
*Metallurgy of Gold by TK Rose
*Recovery and Refining of Metals Dr. G. Gore
*The Principles of Applied Electrochemistry by Arthur J Allmand
*Electro-Deposition, a Practical Treatise on the Electrolysis of Gold, Silver, Copper, Nickel, and Other Metals and Alloys by A. Watt
*Silver: Economics, Metallurgy, and Uses by Butts and Coxe
*Gold: Recovery, Properties, and Applications by EM Wise
*Cyanide Practice 1910 to 1913 by Von Bernewitz
*Technical and Industrial Platinum by J. bishop and Co
*Platinum Metals and Their Alloys
*Platinum Group Metals and Compounds
*Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry of Platinum
*Principles of Metallography by Williams and Homerburg
*Beryllium and the Rare Minerals by Raymond Maulsby
* CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (33rd and 52nd)
I think thats all, one or two aren't pictured (besides the ones I recently ordered...I hate waiting for the post! Especially when they are from overseas)
##-Books I am waiting on to arrive/Books I just bought:
#Corrosion in Action by International Nickel Co
#Rapid Identification of Some Metals and Alloys by INCO
#Palladium by EM Wise
#Condensed Chemical Dictionary by Rose
#Metallurgy of Gold by M Eissler
$$-Books I am wanting/looking for a good, reasonably priced copy of:
$ Any other books by EM Wise
$ Any other refining related International Nickel Co books
$ IPMI stuff
$ A copy of GSP's book (I have looked and looked and looked!)
$ Intro to Metallurgy by Prof Roberts Austen
$ Metallurgy of Silver and Gold by Dr. Percy
Also open to any other suggestions as well.
I was going to go over the books, writing a small synopsis of each one and the value to a beginning refiner, etc... So new people who also love to read, would have a good idea of what books are best to purchase first, and which ones could wait until later. But, this post is already pretty long. So, only if there is great interest will I do it. Or maybe we can start a GRF book club and share/discuss what we find interesting in the book that we have read! ...I don't know about anyone else (this may seem sacrilegious to some), but I annotate all of my books when reading them. Writing down pertinent information, or curiosities in need of further study. It helps to keep the train of thought, and grasp new concepts (for me anyways)
Anyways, thanks for suffering through this, if any of you have any books for sale that I don't have, please contact me!