An Elementary Treatise On Crystallography

Author : Edward Salisbury Dana
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265587362
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book A Text-Book of Mineralogy written by Edward Salisbury Dana and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Text-Book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and Physical Mineralogy The remarkable advance in the Science of Mineralogy, during the years that have elapsed since this text-book was first issued in 1877, has made it necessary, in the preparation of a new edition, to rewrite the whole as well as to add much new matter and many new illustrations. The work being designed chiefly to meet the wants of class or private instruction, this object has at once determined the choice of topics discussed, the order and fullness of treatment and the method of presentation. In the chapter on Crystallography, the different types of crystal forms are described under the now accepted thirty-two groups classed according to their symmetry. The names given to these groups are based, so far as possible, upon the characteristic form of each, and are intended also to suggest the terms formerly applied in accordance with the principles of hemihedrism. The order adopted is that which alone seems suited to the demands of the elementary student, the Special and mathematically simple groups of the isometric system being described first. Especial prominence is given to the normal group under the successive systems, that is, to the group which is relatively of most common occurrence and which shows the highest degree of symmetry. The methods of Miller are followed as regards the indices of the different forms and the mathematical calculations. 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.