An introduction to mineralogy : comprising the natural history and characters of minerals; and a description of rocks, both simple and aggregated; with a new tabular arrangement of earthy minerals, on a plan designed to facilitate the knowledge of that class of substances. To which is prefixed: a series of conversations explaining the principles of the science, and the elements of crystallography / By Robert Bakewell, author of "An introduction to Geology." With plates.

  • Bakewell, Robert, 1768-1843.
Date:
1819
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Credit: An introduction to mineralogy : comprising the natural history and characters of minerals; and a description of rocks, both simple and aggregated; with a new tabular arrangement of earthy minerals, on a plan designed to facilitate the knowledge of that class of substances. To which is prefixed: a series of conversations explaining the principles of the science, and the elements of crystallography / By Robert Bakewell, author of "An introduction to Geology." With plates. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    and Columbus, led the way to the Eastern and the Western World, and a fresh impulse was given to the human mind, which had been slumbering for centuries. There is not a country inhabited by man where the influence of this discovery has not been felt; it has been the parent of our naval and commercial greatness, and has ob- tained for us the commanding rank we hold among the nations of Europe. The history of the magnet should teach us not to despise any discovery in science because its utility can not be immediately perceived. Some discoveries are unproductive, until the progress of science in a future age, directs their application to purposes of eminent utility. Such discoveries may be compared to the acorn, which may remain for a time buried in an arid soil, until stimulated by the genial rains of heaven, it strikes its roots into the earth, and springs forth to day — humble indeed in its first appearance, and slow in its progress to maturity, but destined at length to become a mighty oak, stretching its arms amid the skies; the ornament, the strength, and the glory of the forest. June 21. 1819. 13. Tavistock-Street, Bedford-Square,