Friedrich Rathgen

AUTHOR'S PREFACE.

TRANSLATORS' PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

LITERATURE.

PART I. THE CHANGES UNDERGONE BY ANTIQUITIES IN EARTH AND IN AIR.

PART II. THE PRESERVATION OF ANTIQUITIES.

I. Preservation of Objects composed of Inorganic Substances. ( a ) Limestone.

Appendix. Cement for Earthenware. Restorations.

Appendix. Methods of Bringing out Worn Lettering upon Coins.

II. Preservation of Organic Substances. ( n ) Bones, Horns, Ivory.

The Care of Antiquities after Preservative Treatment.

Conclusion.

INDEX.

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THE PRESERVATION
OF ANTIQUITIES

Time, which antiquates antiquities, and hath an art to make dust of all things, hath yet spared these minor monuments.

THE PRESERVATION
OF ANTIQUITIES

A HANDBOOK FOR CURATORS

TRANSLATED, BY PERMISSION OF THE AUTHORITIES OF THE ROYAL MUSEUMS, FROM THE GERMAN OF
Dr FRIEDRICH RATHGEN
Director of the Laboratory of the Royal Museums, Berlin
BY
GEORGE A. AUDEN, M.A., M.D. (Cantab.)
AND
HAROLD A. AUDEN, M.Sc. (Vict.), D.Sc. (TÜbingen)

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1905

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