Branch of geology concerning the scientific study of the formation, location, and use of marketable geologic materials including fuels, metals, minerals, and water.

Useful knowledge: or a familiar account of the various productions of nature, mineral, vegetable, and animal, which are chiefly employed for the use of man / Illus. with numerous figures, and intended as a work both of instruction and reference. By the Rev. William Bingley.

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Useful knowledge: or a familiar account of the various productions of nature, mineral, vegetable, and animal, which are chiefly employed for the use of man / Illus. with numerous figures, and intended as a work both of instruction and reference. By the Rev. William Bingley.