Pearls and Pearling
By: by Herbert Harvey Vertrees.
Publisher: Fur News Publishing Co.
Published: 1913
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 203
Copyright date: 1913
Subjects: Pearls; Pearl industry and trade; Pearl fisheries -- United States
Table of contents: title: I The Fresh-Water Pearl; title: II The Origin of the Pearl; title: III The History of the Pearl; title: IV Pearls are Found in Most Rivers of the United States and Canada; title: V The Life of the Unio; title: VI Perils and Enemies of Mussels; title: VII The Need of Laws for the Benefit of Pearl Hunters; title: VIII Various Kinds of Unio Shells; title: IX Value of Uses of Shells; title: X How to Prospect for Pearls; title: XI How to Make a Crow-foot Dredge Outfit; title: XII How to Use the Crow-foot Dredge Outfit; title: XIII The Dip Net and Its Use; title: XIV Other Methods of Pearl Fishing; title: XV Methods of Opening Shells and Extracting Pearls; title: XVI Why Trappers Make Good Pearl Hunters; title: XVII The Particular Kind of "Crippled" Shell that Yields the Pearl; title: XVIII The Influence of Local Conditions upon the Color of Shells and Pearls; title: XIX The Luster of the Pearl - Its Cause Explained; title: XX The Care, Value and Sale of Pearls; title: XXI Imperfect Pearls and How to Improve Them; title: XXII Imitations and Tests for Detecting Them; title: XXIII An Interesting Exhibit of Pearls