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Outlines of mineralogy

Chapter 1: OUTLINES OF MINERALOGY, TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL, OF Sir TORBERN BERGMAN, KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF WASA, PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AT UPSAL, &C.
By Torbern Bergman
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A concise scientific treatise that organizes fossil and inorganic substances by their constituent chemical components, advocating composition-based genera and species rather than superficial traits. It defines mineralogy, explains a natural system founded on prevalent parts and variations in mixture, and critiques reliance on color, hardness, and texture because these features often vary independently of composition. The work describes analytical approaches and difficult cases, offers supplemental genera in appendices, and supplies practical aids such as tables and an index to assist identification and application of mineral substances.

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Title: Outlines of mineralogy

Author: Torbern Bergman

Translator: William Withering

Release date: October 6, 2024 [eBook #74532]

Language: English

Original publication: Birmingham: Piercy and Jones, 1783

Credits: Richard Tonsing, Charlene Taylor, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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OUTLINES
OF
MINERALOGY,
TRANSLATED
FROM THE ORIGINAL,
OF
Sir TORBERN BERGMAN,
KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF WASA,
PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AT UPSAL, &C.

By WILLIAM WITHERING, M. D.
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY
AT EDINBURGH.
Itum eſt in viſcera terræ;
Quaſque recondiderat ſtygiiſque admoverat umbris
Effodiunter opes, irritamenta malorum.
Ovid.
BIRMINGHAM:
PRINTED BY PIERCY AND JONES,
FOR T. CADELL, AND G. ROBINSON, LONDON,
J. BALFOUR, AND C. ELLIOTT, EDINBURGH.
M,DCC,LXXXIII.