An Essay Towards a System of Mineralogy ... Translated, from the Original Swedish, with Notes, by G. Von Engestrom. To which is Added, a Treatise on the Pocket-laboratory, Containing an Easy Method ... for Trying Mineral Bodies, Written by the Translator. The Whole Revised and Corrected, with Some Additional Notes, by E. Mendes Da CostaEdward & Charles Dilly, 1770 - 329 pages |
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