The John Crerar Library
A list of Books on the History of Industry and industrial Arts

PRECIOUS METALS 353 Jacob, William, 1762?—1851. 669.2 J100 90123 An historical inquiry into the production and consumption of the precious metals. By William Jacob_____ In two volumes. London, J. Murray, 1831. 2 vol. 2licm. Keane, Augustus Henry, 1833- 939-7 Q100 93122 The gold of Ophir, whence brought and by whom? By Profes- sor A. H. Keane, .... London, E. Stanford, 1901. xviii, 244 p. inch front, (facsim.) 2lcm. “This volume has grown out of a series of papers on ‘The gold of Ophir’ communi- cated to Rhodesia during the months of August and September 1901.” — Pref. Laurent, L L669.2 Q104 90U0... . L’or dans les colonies fran^aises : historique — gisements — procédés d’extraction — commerce. Par L. Laurent, .... Paris, A. Challamel, 1902. 118, [2] p. incl. illus., maps. 25icm. (Produits naturels des colonies et cultures tropicales.) Pariset, Ernest, 1826- L671 Q308 49525 Les tireurs dor et d’argent å Lyon, XVllle et XIXe siedes, par E. Pariset ... . Lyon, A. Rey, imp., 1903. 58 p. 28cm. Peters, Karl, 1856- 967 Q201 93180 I he Eldorado of the ancients, by Dr. Carl Peters, ... . With two maps and ninety-seven illustrations from original drawings by Tennyson Cole and from photographs. London, C. A. Pear- son, ltd., 1902. x, 447, [l] p. front, (port.), illus., 2 fold. maps. 22^cm. “My discoveries show particularly that the ‘Ophir’ of the time of Solomon was the country between the Lower Zambesi and the Limpopo River.” — Introd. Peters, Carl. 967 Q200 361oe Im Goldland des Altertums. Forschungen zwischen Zambesi und Sabi. Mit 50 an Ort und Stelle gemachten Original-Illustrationen von Tennyson Cole. xvi,4o8 p. il. 16 pl. 1 por. 2 maps in pocket. O. München: J. F. Lehmann, 1902. Santini de Riols, E N , 1847- o08.o S2^ ... . Les pierres magiques. Histoire complete des pierres pré- cieuses; leurs origines; leurs vertus et leurs facultés; leurs puis- sance occulte; leurs influences diverses sur l’homme et les ani- maux; philtres, remedes qu’elles servaient å composer; théra- peuthique lapidaire; pierres aphrodisiaques, et pierres anaphro- disiaques. Paris, Bibliotheque Chacornac, 1905. [4], xxx, [3i]-i73, [2] p. 19cm, 4t head of title: E. N. Santini de Riols.