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assayer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | analyst |
| Derivation | assay |
Examples of assayer
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Homer followed them, and in 1889 Homer took a job as an assayer at the Philadelphia Mint.
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In March 1879 Furbush left Arkansas for Colorado, where he worked as an assayer and barber.
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The assayer of the Dahlonega Mint tried to convince them to stay.
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Later, assayer Albian Cox died suddenly from a stroke in his home on November 27, 1795, leaving the vital post of assayer vacant.
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From its early days as a precious metals assayer, the company has always sought to build on its strengths and respond to changing global needs.
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Jevons broke off his studies of the natural sciences in London in 1854 to work as an assayer in Sydney, where he acquired an interest in political economy.
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- An analyst who assays (performs chemical tests on) metals
- An assayer is a person who tests ores and minerals and analyzes them to determine their composition and value. They may use spectrographic analysis, chemical solutions, and chemical or laboratory equipment, such as furnaces, beakers, graduates, pipettes, and crucibles.
- The Assayer (Il Saggiatore in Italian) was a book published in Rome by Galileo Galilei in October 1623.
- Determined the proportions of metal in ore
- The person who determines and verifies the amount of gold or silver in an alloyed vessel. All Russian drinking vessels normally have an assay mark stamped on them in addition to other required marks.
- Person who analyzes ores and alloys, especially bullion, to determine the value and properties of their precious metals.
- Was Galileo's devastating reply to the Astronomical Balance.^39 It has been widely regarded as a masterpiece of polemical literature,^40 in which "Sarsi's" arguments are subjected to withering scorn. ...
- Tested metal to check its purity.
- A tester of precious metals.
