An essay towards a system of mineralogy /
by Axel Fredric Cronstedt ; translated from the original Swedish, with notes, by Gustav von Engestrom ; to which is added, a treatise on the pocket-laboratory, containing an easy method, used by the author, for trying mineral bodies, written by the translator ; the whole revised and corrected, with some additional notes by Emanuel Mendes Da Costa.

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Main Author

Cronstedt, Axel Fredrik, 1722-1765.

Related Names

Dilly, Charles, 1739-1807.
Dilly, E. (Edward), 1732-1779.
Mendes da Costa, Emanuel, 1717-1791.
Engeström, Gustav von, 1738-1813.

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly ..., 1770.

Subjects

Blowpipe > Blowpipe / Early works to 1800.
Mineralogy > Mineralogy / Early works to 1800.

Note

Signatures: pi² a-b⁸ c² B-X⁸ Y⁴ Z².
Errata: p. [1] following p. xxxv; final page blank.

Physical Description

[4], xxxv, [1], 329, [1] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

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