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Assay
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ASSAY. A chemical examination of metals, by which the quantity of valuable or precious metal contained in any mineral or metallic mixture is ascertained. 2. By the acts of Congress of March 3, 1823, 3 Story's L. U. S. 1924; of June 25, 1834, 4 Shars. cont. Story's L. U. S. 2373; and of June 28, 1834, Id. 2377, it is made the duty of the secretary of the treasury to cause assays to be made at the mint of the United States, of certain coins made current by the said acts, and to make report of the result thereof to congress.


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Samples were removed every three hours, heat-treated and treated with conjugase before the microbiological assay was performed.
In the meantime, we had added riboflavin to our fluorimetric measurements and Margaret Dick had perfected the microbiological assay of folic and nicotinic acids and of some amino acids also.
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