How To Use Assayer In A Sentence
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[Footnote: The simple Sayer is also for "assayer," either of metals or of meat and drink -- "essayeur, an essayer; one that tasts, or takes an essay; and particularly, an officer in the mint, who touches every kind of new Coyne before it be delivered out" (Cotgrave).
The Romance of Names
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After studying chemistry at University College, London, and working as an assayer in Australia, he returned to University College in 1859 to study political economy, philosophy, and mathematics.
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But this afternoon while the assayer was dragging you out of the prospect hole, and I was watching through your field glasses, I happened to turn them in the direction of the pesthouse, and there he was again, humped up on the doorsill, watching through glasses of his own.
Tabitha's Vacation
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The silver used for inquartation must, of course, be free from gold and is best prepared by the assayer who is to use it (see p. 66).
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
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According to our shopper, the assayer would make up a tray of aged bone-ash, magnesium or cement cupels into which crushed ore along with a button of lead was added.
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It is assumed that the dry ore of the sampler and of the assayer are the same thing; according to the nature of the ore, this may or may not be the case.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
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Their instructions were to give the money to the assayer, who was expected, by prearrangement, to double the amount of ore recorded from that load.
Yellow Dirt
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He concludes that ‘When silver was to be reused, a certain amount was given to the assayer in advance.’
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Lumps of pure silver bearing the stamp of a banker or an assayer and formerly used in China as money.
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But now the assayer came up, bringing with him a nice elaborate calculation on a black slate, showing exactly how much pure gold Onucz had handed in to the coining department, how much it would be worth when coined and deducting three per cent for expenses, how much he was to receive in cash by way of exchange.
The Poor Plutocrats
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On the reverse, the arms of Castille and Leon are displayed under the Spanish crown with the denomination 8″ to the right, assayer initials to the left.
Colombian Pillar Dollar Discovery : Coin Collecting News
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Specimens of the metal were sent to expert assayers for analysis.
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He was offered a position as an assayer at the new Australian mint.
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Their instructions were to give the money to the assayer, who was expected, by prearrangement, to double the amount of ore recorded from that load.
Yellow Dirt
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Frank's qualifications were ideal for his prospective employer, and he was offered a position as an assayer in the Mexican mining town of Guanajuato.
Murder in Mexico: an English family during the Revolution
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Now not a single assayer on the planet is available, as all are tied up.
Zinc Dimes, Tungsten Gold & Lost Respect
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Not as usual, however, is that many of them are solved not by the current Mr. Monk but by a man who lived in Trouble during the gold rush days, an assayer named Artemis Monk, who has all the same quirks as the present-day Monk, including the ability to solve crimes.
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This tribe was far too complex for modern assayers.
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When the coins were inspected, the initials of the assayer and the mint mark were immediate identifiers.
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