The Constitution of the Natural Silicates, Vol. 255 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Constitution of the Natural Silicates, Vol. 255 (Classic Reprint) written by Frank Wigglesworth Clarke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Constitution of the Natural Silicates, Vol. 255 Evidence of the same or similar character is also furnished by the thermal decomposition of silicates, a line of investigation which has been successfully followed by several investigators. Thus garnet, when fused, yields anorthite and an olivine talc, on ignition, liberates silica; and the prolonged heating of ripidolite produces an insoluble residue having the empirical composition of spinel. All such facts have relevancy to the problem of chemical constitution, and their number could easily be enlarged by experiment. As yet the field has been barely scratched on the surface; upon deeper cultivation a goodly crop may be secured. 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.