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CONTENTS

THE FIRST VOLUME.

PART I.

Definition of Minerals ... ... ... 1

General Characters of Mineral Substances ... 2

Nature of Mineralogical Science. 3

Nature of Analytical Mineralogy . 4

Re-agents and Tests ... ... ... 6

Operations of Analysis ... ... 8

Instruments of Experiment ... ... 3 g

General View of the Solid Part of the Earth ... 50

Geological Theories ... ... ... 54

Classification of Minerals ... ... 60

Systematic Distribution of Minerals ... 62

Tabular View of the Wernerean System of Mi-neralogy, adopted in the German School ofMines ... ... ... 63

Tabular View of Haiiy’s Methodical Distribu-tion of Minerals adopted in the French School

of Mines ... ... ... 77

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