دانلود کتاب Silver by Fire, Silver by Mercury: A Chemical History of Silver Refining in New Spain and Mexico, 16th to 19th Centuries

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‎Contents
‎General Series Editor’s Preface
‎Acknowledgements
‎List of Illustrations
‎Figures
‎Colour Plates
‎Tables
‎Guide to the Text
‎Chemical Symbols
‎Units of Measure
‎Equivalence of Units of Measure
‎Monetary Units
‎Translations
‎Illustrations and Drawings
‎Cover Illustration
‎Photographs
‎Other
‎Introduction
‎Chapter 1. The Genesis and Nature of Silver Ores
‎Why Spain?
‎To Have and Have Not
‎Old World Silver Ores
‎New World Silver Ores
‎Silver Sulphide and Silver Chloride
‎Argentiferous Galena
‎A Red Herring
‎The Other Chemical Keys
‎The Immoveable Object and the Unstoppable Force
‎The Table is Set
‎Chapter 2. The Dry Refining Process: Smelting of Silver Ores
‎Deceitful Mercury
‎Smelting of Silver Ores: The Human Context
‎The Chemistry of Smelting and the Nature of the Ore
‎The Architecture of Smelting in New Spain
‎The Infrastructure of Smelting in New Spain
‎Plata de fuego (Silver by Fire)
‎Chapter 3. The Dry Refining Process: Its Impact on the Environment
‎Lead: The Nature of Its Consumption
‎Lead: The Directionality of Its Loss
‎Lead: Its Source
‎Charcoal and the Scale of Depletion of Woodland
‎The Local Environmental Impact of Smelting
‎A Straightforward Decision
‎Chapter 4. The Wet Refining Process: The Chemistry of the patio Process
‎Plus ça change
‎The Alchemy of Mercury
‎The Gold Connection
‎The Complex Mechanism of a Mercury-Based Refining Process
‎The correspondencia: The Key to the Fate of Mercury
‎The Loss of Calomel
‎The Stages in the Use of Mercury to Refine Gold and Silver Ores
‎The Twists in the Trail
‎Mercury-Based Refining of Silver Ores: The Human Factor
‎Plata de azogue (Silver by Mercury)
‎Chapter 5. The Physical Infrastructure of the patio Process
‎The patio Process
‎Milling the Ore
‎The patio Reactor
‎Planillas
‎The azoguería, or Mercury Room
‎Desazogaderas or capellinas and the Recycling of Mercury
‎The Architecture of the patio Process
‎The Environmental Impact Vectors of the patio Process
‎A Unique Industrial Effort
‎Chapter 6. The Hacienda Santa María de Regla
‎The Nineteenth Century
‎The Adventurers in the Mines of Real del Monte
‎The Hacienda de Regla
‎Main Process Areas
‎Main Gate and Storage of Incoming Ore
‎Stamp Mills, Chilean Mills and arrastres
‎The patio Reactor
‎Furnace Area A: Covered storage, hornos castellanos and capellinas
‎Furnace Area B: English Blast Furnaces
‎Final Comments on the Architectural Layout of Regla
‎The Mass Balance of the Silver Refining Processes at Regla, 1872 to 1888
‎Chapter 7. The patio Process and Smelting at Regla
‎The Keys to an Efficient patio Process at Regla
‎Coordinated Milling and Supply to the patio Reactor
‎An Intelligent and Interactive Application of the patio Process Recipe
‎Long Term Planning of Inventory
‎Optimal Use of the patio Reactor Area
‎Low Use of Fuel in the patio Process
‎The Challenges of the Smelting Process at Regla
‎An Unpredictable Supply of Ore
‎Low Lead Content in the Ores
‎However, a Very Efficient Fuel Consumption
‎The Efficiency of Extracting Silver at Regla
‎The Labour Force at Regla
‎The Mass Balance for the patio Process at Regla
‎The Mass Balance for Smelting at Regla
‎The Environmental Loss Vectors in the Period 1872 to 1888
‎a. The Stream Flowing Past the South and Eastern Perimeter Walls of Regla
‎b. The Soil within the Perimeter Walls of Regla
‎c. Airborne Emissions and Deposition of Airborne Particles in and around Regla
‎d. Loss of Woodland
‎A Snapshot of a Refining hacienda
‎Chapter 8. The Economies of Refining Silver
‎Roads to Riches
‎Refining Costs in New Spain, as Reported
‎The Refining Costs at Regla
‎The Macroeconomic Context in the Nineteenth Century
‎The Variable Costs of the patio Process at Regla, 1872–1888
‎The Variable Costs of Smelting at Regla, 1875–1886
‎Refining Cost as a Function of Silver Content
‎A Window to the Past: Extrapolating the Results from Regla
‎The False Positives of the patio Process
‎Apples and Pears
‎‘Ganando indulgencias con escapulario ajeno’
‎The Succour to Refiners
‎Barrel Process
‎Silver in the Context of Other Commodity Trades
‎The Bottom Line
‎Chapter 9. The Environmental Impact of Silver Refining: A Shift of Paradigm
‎The Base Line
‎An Estimate of the Breakdown of Silver Production by Refining Process by Caja
‎Caja of Zacatecas
‎Caja of Guanajuato
‎Caja of México
‎Caja of Durango
‎Caja of San Luis Potosí
‎Caja of Guadalajara
‎Caja of Pachuca
‎Caja of Sombrerete
‎Caja of Bolaños
‎Caja of Rosario
‎Caja of Zimapán
‎Caja of Chihuahua
‎Aggregate Totals for New Spain
‎Aggregate Totals for Mexico, 1820 to 1900
‎Environmental Impact Vectors, Sixteenth to Nineteenth Century
‎The Environmental Impact on New Spain and 19c Mexico: The Modern Legacy
‎A Change of Paradigm
‎What Did They Know and When Did They Know It?
‎Was Mercury the Indispensable Key to Silver in the New World?
‎Epilogue
‎Appendix A. The Accounting Books of Regla
‎1. Sección: Explotación y Beneficio, Serie: Informes de Haciendas de Beneficio, Subserie: Informes Mensuales Hacienda de Regla Vol. 225, Exp. 3: 29 Jun 1872–27 Oct 1888
‎2. Sección: Negociaciones, Serie: Haciendas de Beneficio, Subserie: Hacienda de Regla I, Vol. 22: 1875–1878
‎3. Sección: Contabilidad de la Dirección, Serie: Producción y Gastos, Subserie: Estados Comparativos, 1853–1855, 1859–1865, 1869–1873
‎4. Sección: Ymporte de la Memoria de la Mina, Serie Informes de Minas I, Vol. 13
‎Appendix B. Sensitivity Matrix for Refining Costs
‎Appendix C. Estimates of Silver Production by Caja and Refining Process, Including Balance of Mercury Consumption and Physical Losses
‎Caja of Zacatecas (Table C-I)
‎Caja of Guanajuato (Table C-II)
‎Caja of México (Table C-III)
‎Caja of Durango (Table C-IV)
‎Caja of San Luis Potosí (Table C-V)
‎Caja of Guadalajara (Table C-VI)
‎Caja of Sombrerete (Table C-VIII)
‎Caja of Bolaños (Table C-IX)
‎Caja of Rosario (Table C-X)
‎Caja of Chihuahua (Table C-XII)
‎Glossary of Technical Terms in Spanish
‎Archival Sources
‎Archivo General de la Nación, Ciudad de México (AGN)
‎Archivo Histórico de la Compañía de Minas del Real del Monte y Pachuca (AHCRMyP)
‎Archivo Histórico del Estado de Zacatecas (AHEZ)
‎Archivo Histórico de San Luis Potosí (AHSLP)
‎Archivo Histórico de la Universidad de Guanajuato (AHUG)
‎Mapoteca Manuel Orozco y Berra, Ciudad de México (MMOB)
‎British Library, London, U.K. (BL)
‎Bibliography
‎Index