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and experiments above described are not, perhaps, barren in results of 

 interest, as tbey, at least, tend to confirm the results obtained by 

 Mr. Mallet, which have been inserted for comparison. The various 

 analyses made up to the present certainly seem to prove that the 

 ornaments were manufactured from alloys artificially prepared, and 

 in some cases according to a fixed standard. 



BlBLIOGKAPHT. 



For fuller information on the work which has been somewhat 

 briefly referred to in this Paper, the original Memoirs must be con- 

 sulted, of which the titles are as follows : — 



J. "W. Mallet. — " Eeport on the Chemical Examination of Anti- 

 quities from the Museum of the Eoyal Irish Academy." Transactions 

 of the Royal Irish Academy. Volume xxii., pages 313 et seq. Pre- 

 sented April 11th, 1853. 



W. R. Wilde. — " Catalogue of the Antiquities of Gold in the 

 Museum of the Eoyal Irish Academy." Dublin: 1862. (This 

 Catalogue contains many useful references to the literature relating 

 to Irish Gold Antiquities.) 



