Useful Knowledge: 4th ed. Minerals. Vol 1 of 3
by William Bingley
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About this eBook
- Author
- Bingley, William, 1774-1823
- Title
- Useful Knowledge: Volume 1. Minerals Or, a familiar account of the various productions of nature
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QH: Science: Natural history
- Subject
- Commercial products
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 57898
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57898
- Release Date
- September 14, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Useful Knowledge: 4th ed. Minerals. Vol 1 of 3
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES OF THE FIRST VOLUME .
- 4.MINERALS. — INTRODUCTION. — MINERAL DEPOSITS. — SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF MINERALS. — SIMPLE MINERAL SUBSTANCES. — CLASS I.—STONES. — ORDER I.—EARTHY STONES. — ORDER II.–SOFT STONES. — ORDER III.—SALINE STONES. — CLASS II.—SALTS. — ORDER I.—EARTHY SALTS. — ORDER II.—METALLIC SALTS. — CLASS III.—COMBUSTIBLES. — SULPHUR FAMILY. — BITUMEN FAMILY. — COAL FAMILY. — GRAPHITE FAMILY. — RESIN FAMILY. — CLASS IV.–METALLIC SUBSTANCES. — OF METALS IN GENERAL. — ORDER I.—MALLEABLE METALS; — ORDER II.—BRITTLE METALS, — COMPOUND MINERALS, — I. PRIMITIVE ROCKS. — II. SECONDARY ROCKS. — III. ALLUVIAL DEPOSITIONS. — WATER IN GENERAL. — ORDER I.—COMMON WATER. — ORDER II.—SEA WATER. — ORDER III.—MINERAL WATERS.
- 5.INDEX TO THE FIRST VOLUME.
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