Gems in a Granite Setting
Author : William Crossing
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 28,15 MB
Release : 1905
Category : Dartmoor (England)
ISBN :
Dictionary of Gems and Gemology
Author : Mohsen Manutchehr-Danai
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 19,37 MB
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 3662042886
Book Description
The rapid growth of gemological sciences and mineralogy demands a dictionary such as this for gemologists, mineralogists, geologists, jewel dealers, industry and hobbyists. With some 16,000 comprehensive definitions, supplemented by more than 250 diagrams and figures, this is a one-stop reference to any matter dealing with gems and gemology.
A treatise on gems
Author : Lewis Feuchtwanger
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 35,20 MB
Release : 1838
Category : Precious stones
ISBN :
Book Description
Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones
Author : Kennie Lyman
Publisher : Touchstone
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 24,6 MB
Release : 1986-03-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780671604301
Book Description
Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones provides both the connoisseur and the casual collector with a compact, easy-to-use volume describing more than 100 rare varieties of minerals whose beauty and mystery have possessed our imaginations from time immemorial. More than 450 brilliant photographs accompany profiles of each gem, covering such aspects as appearance, physical properties -- density, hardness, refraction -- occurrence, and how to judge quality and value. Additional sections describe the process of cutting gemstones and the techniques professional gemologists use to evaluate a stone's weight and optical properties. Detailed and comprehensive, this book is essential for anyone interested in the study of gems and precious stones.
Stone
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 13,19 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Building stones
ISBN :
Book Description
French Classics - Boxed Set: 100+ Novels, Short Stories, Poems, Plays & Philosophical Books
Author : Stendhal
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 22275 pages
File Size : 46,91 MB
Release : 2023-11-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN :
Book Description
DigiCat presents to you a unique collection of the greatest classics of French literature: A History of French Literature François Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel Molière: Tartuffe or the Hypocrite The Misanthrope The Miser The Imaginary Invalid The Impostures of Scapin... Jean Racine: Phaedra Pierre Corneille: The Cid Voltaire: Candide Zadig Micromegas The Huron A Philosophical Dictionary... Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Confessions Emile The Social Contract De Laclos: Dangerous Liaisons Stendhal: The Red and the Black The Charterhouse of Parma... Honoré de Balzac: Father Goriot Eugénie Grandet Lost Illusions The Lily of the Valley A Woman of Thirty Colonel Chabert The Magic Skin The Unknown Masterpiece... Victor Hugo: Les Misérables The Man Who Laughs The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Toilers of the Sea... George Sand: The Devil's Pool Mauprat Alexandre Dumas pere: The Three Musketeers Twenty Years After The Vicomte de Bragelonne Ten Years After Louise de la Valliere The Man in the Iron Mask The Count of Monte Cristo... Alexandre Dumas fils: The Lady with the Camellias Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary Salammbô Bouvard and Pécuchet Sentimental Education... Émile Zola: Thérèse Raquin The Fortune of the Rougons The Kill The Dram Shop A Love Episode Nana Piping Hot Germinal His Masterpiece The Earth The Dream The Human Beast Money The Downfall Doctor Pascal... Jules Verne: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Around the World in Eighty Days The Mysterious Island Journey to the Centre of the Earth From the Earth to the Moon Around the Moon In Search of the Castaways Guy de Maupassant: A Life Bel-Ami (The History of a Scoundrel) Mont Oriol Notre Coeur Pierre and Jean Strong as Death The Necklace The Horla Boul de Suif Two Friends Madame Tellier's Establishment... Charles Baudelaire: The Flowers of Evil Anatole France: The Revolt of the Angels The Gods are Athirst (The Gods Will Have Blood) Penguin Island Thaïs Gaston Leroux: The Phantom of the Opera The Mystery of the Yellow Room The Secret of the Night The Man with the Black Feather Marcel Proust: Swann's Way
The Lincoln Library of Essential Information
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1162 pages
File Size : 50,2 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN :
Book Description
The Lincoln Library of Essential Information an Up to Date Manual for Daily Reference, for Self Instruction, and for General Culture Named in Appreciative Remembrance of Abraham Lincoln, the Foremost American Exemplar of Self Education
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 2316 pages
File Size : 41,75 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN :
Book Description
A treatise on gems, in reference to their practical and scientific value: ... accompanied by a description of the most interesting American gems, and ornamental and architectural materials
Author : Lewis FEUCHTWANGER
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 13,94 MB
Release : 1838
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
The British Journal of Tuberculosis
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,51 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Tuberculosis
ISBN :
