A New System Of Mineralogy In The Form Of A Catalogue

Author : William Babington
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332106588
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book A New System of Mineralogy, in the Form of Catalogue written by William Babington and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A New System of Mineralogy, in the Form of Catalogue: After the Manner of Baron Born's Systematic Catalogue of the Collection of Fossils of Mlle. Eleonore De Raab IN committing the following Work to the ptefs, ' the Author has been influenced by the fame motives that induced him to publilh his svsi'lima'r'tc arrangement oi? Remnants in 1795; of which this may be confidered a continuation, necefl'ary to complete the defign with which that arrangement was undertaken. He had been employed, as then mention ed, in forming from the extenfive and valuable collection of the late Earl of Bute a more compendious and (elect cabinet, now in the pofl'eflion of Sir St. Aubry, Barr. And as this required not only a confiderable length of time, but alfo a degree of attention much beyond what was at firfi conceived necefi'ary for fuch an undertak ing, the author thought, that in making public the fyfiem which he had adopted, he might confiderably abridge the labour of thofe who fhould hereafter engage in a fimilar talk, and likewife render an acceptable fervice to foch as Wltd to acquire a comprehenfive knowledge of mineralogy, but who had neither leifure nor inclination, even if they had an opportunity, to confult the numerous works through which the necefi'ary information lay feattered. Befides, as no endeavours had been (pared to render the collection from which that fynopfis was drawn up, one of the moft perfefl in a fcientific point of view, it was hoped that the annexed catalogue would afi'ord to fuch as had advanced a confiderable way in the bufinefs of collecting, an opportunity of de termining the comparative value of what they already pofi'efl'cd, as well as what articles might yet be wanting to render their cabinets more complete. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.