Elementary Introduction To The Knowledge Of Mineralogy

Author : William Phillips
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ISBN 13 : 9781332323654
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book An Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy written by William Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy: Including Some Account of Mineral Elements and Constituents; Explanations of Terms in Common Use; Brief Accounts of Minerals, and of the Places and Circumstances in Which They Are Found Be It Remembered, That on the twenty-eighth day of May, in the forty-second year of the Independence of the United State of America, Collins & Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words and figures following, to wit: "An Elementary Introduction to the knowledge of Mineralogy: including some account of Mineral Elements and Constituents; explanations of terms in common use; brief accounts of Minerals, and of the places and circumstances in which they are found. Designed for the use of the student. By William Phillips, Member of the Geological Society. - With notes and additions on American articles, by Samuel L. Mitchill, Professor of Mineralogy, Botany and Zoology, in the University of New- York; President of the Lyceum of Natural History, &c." "Nullum est sine nomire saxum. - Lucan." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned." And also to an act, entitled "An act, supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and etching historical and other prints." 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.