Microscopy of ceramics and cements
Subtitle: including glasses, slags, and foundry sands
By: by Herbert Insley and Van Derck Fréchette.
Contributors: Fréchette, Van Derck, 1916-; State University College at Buffalo. Dept. of Art Conservation
Edition: 2nd pr.
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1962
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Ceramics -- Analysis.; Cement -- Analysis.; Microscopes.
Other titles: Art Conservation Department Library
Description: Examines the value of the microscope, especially the polarizing microscope, in dealing with problems in the manufacture and use of ceramics.
Notes: Art Conservation Department Library.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Originally published: New York : Academic, 1955.
Table of contents: value: The microscopes and accessories; value: Optical mineralogy; value: Preparation of material for microscopic examination; value: Special techniques; value: Raw materials and their thermal behavior; value: Whitewares; value: Refractories; value: Glass; value: Cement and cement products; value: Porcelain enamels; value: Structural clay products; value: Foundry sands; value: Slags; value: Abrasives, by H. N. Baumann, Jr.