Author: Walter Schumann
Publisher: Collins
ISBN: 9780002199094
Category : Mineralogy
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
A guide to the major rocks, minerals and gemstones found in Europe. It contains an introduction to the basics of mineralogy, followed by a list of the general features of a rock that can be used in its identification. It also explains how to tell the basic difference between an igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock, allowing quick reference to the major identification sections for each of these classes. In these will be found comprehensive descriptions of each rock or mineral, with details of its composition, hardness, specific gravity, colour, fracture, cleavage, streak, lustre, transparency and crystal system, as well as notes on how it is formed and where it might be found, both in the UK and in the rest of the world.
Collins Photo Guide to Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones
Author: Walter Schumann
Publisher: Collins
ISBN: 9780002199094
Category : Mineralogy
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
A guide to the major rocks, minerals and gemstones found in Europe. It contains an introduction to the basics of mineralogy, followed by a list of the general features of a rock that can be used in its identification. It also explains how to tell the basic difference between an igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock, allowing quick reference to the major identification sections for each of these classes. In these will be found comprehensive descriptions of each rock or mineral, with details of its composition, hardness, specific gravity, colour, fracture, cleavage, streak, lustre, transparency and crystal system, as well as notes on how it is formed and where it might be found, both in the UK and in the rest of the world.
Publisher: Collins
ISBN: 9780002199094
Category : Mineralogy
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
A guide to the major rocks, minerals and gemstones found in Europe. It contains an introduction to the basics of mineralogy, followed by a list of the general features of a rock that can be used in its identification. It also explains how to tell the basic difference between an igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock, allowing quick reference to the major identification sections for each of these classes. In these will be found comprehensive descriptions of each rock or mineral, with details of its composition, hardness, specific gravity, colour, fracture, cleavage, streak, lustre, transparency and crystal system, as well as notes on how it is formed and where it might be found, both in the UK and in the rest of the world.
Collins Photoguide to Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones
Author: Walter Schumann
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
BBC Wildlife
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 966
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 966
Book Description
British Book News
Author: British Council
Publisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
Includes no. 53a: British wartime books for young people.
Publisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
Includes no. 53a: British wartime books for young people.
The Aeronautical Journal
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
The Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
Author:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1410
Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1410
Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
The British National Bibliography
Author: Arthur James Wells
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2000
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2000
Book Description
Whitaker's Books in Print
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Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2954
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2954
Book Description
Collins Gem Gemstones
Author: Cally Oldershaw
Publisher: Collins
ISBN: 9780007286737
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A handy guide identifying over 170 types of the world's gemstones with beautiful colour photography taken from the Smithsonian Institution's archives.
Publisher: Collins
ISBN: 9780007286737
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A handy guide identifying over 170 types of the world's gemstones with beautiful colour photography taken from the Smithsonian Institution's archives.
Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice
Author: Arie Wallert
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892363223
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Bridging the fields of conservation, art history, and museum curating, this volume contains the principal papers from an international symposium titled "Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice" at the University of Leiden in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from June 26 to 29, 1995. The symposium—designed for art historians, conservators, conservation scientists, and museum curators worldwide—was organized by the Department of Art History at the University of Leiden and the Art History Department of the Central Research Laboratory for Objects of Art and Science in Amsterdam. Twenty-five contributors representing museums and conservation institutions throughout the world provide recent research on historical painting techniques, including wall painting and polychrome sculpture. Topics cover the latest art historical research and scientific analyses of original techniques and materials, as well as historical sources, such as medieval treatises and descriptions of painting techniques in historical literature. Chapters include the painting methods of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Dutch 17th-century landscape painting, wall paintings in English churches, Chinese paintings on paper and canvas, and Tibetan thangkas. Color plates and black-and-white photographs illustrate works from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892363223
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Bridging the fields of conservation, art history, and museum curating, this volume contains the principal papers from an international symposium titled "Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice" at the University of Leiden in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from June 26 to 29, 1995. The symposium—designed for art historians, conservators, conservation scientists, and museum curators worldwide—was organized by the Department of Art History at the University of Leiden and the Art History Department of the Central Research Laboratory for Objects of Art and Science in Amsterdam. Twenty-five contributors representing museums and conservation institutions throughout the world provide recent research on historical painting techniques, including wall painting and polychrome sculpture. Topics cover the latest art historical research and scientific analyses of original techniques and materials, as well as historical sources, such as medieval treatises and descriptions of painting techniques in historical literature. Chapters include the painting methods of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Dutch 17th-century landscape painting, wall paintings in English churches, Chinese paintings on paper and canvas, and Tibetan thangkas. Color plates and black-and-white photographs illustrate works from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.