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Present edition of this book includes many topics not treated in the first edition. Much of the new material is aimed at arousing or increasing the student's desire to continue his studies beyond the scope of this book. In particular, chapter 20 presents a short introduction to the gamma and factorial functions, the hypergeometric and confluent hypergeometric equations, vessels equation, and the polynomials of Legrand, Hermite and Laguerre. The number of exercises has been increased to almost 1600, nearly half of which are new.

Second Volume of 4 volume set that provides an encyclopedic reference for artists pigments.
This volume covers
Azurite and Blue Verditer, Ultramarine Blue (Natural and Artificial), Lead White, Lead-Tin Yellow, Smalt, Verdigris and Copper Resinate, Vermilion and Cinnabar, Malachite and Green Verditer, Calcium Carbonate Whites,
Each chapter covers history, chemistry, uses, and methods of analysis with data for identifying the pigment in a work of art.