An attempt to establish a pure scientific system of mineralogy, by the application of the electro-chemical theory and the chemical proportions / By J. Jacob Berzelius ... Translated from the Swedish original by John Black.

  • Berzelius, Jöns Jakob, friherre, 1779-1848. Försök till et rent kemiskt mineralsystem. English
Date:
1814
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Credit: An attempt to establish a pure scientific system of mineralogy, by the application of the electro-chemical theory and the chemical proportions / By J. Jacob Berzelius ... Translated from the Swedish original by John Black. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    gress of chemistry has given it an additional claim to be considered as a science, its influence is so universally acknowledged that the two pre- vailing mineralogical schools of the present day, (Werner’s and Haiiy’s,) both agree in the admis- sion of chemistry to a participation in the found- ation of a system of mineralogy, however much they may differ respecting the extent of that participation. Mineralogy, in the usual acceptation of the word, is the science which treats of the combi- nation between the unorganic elements which are found upon or beneath the surface of the earth, together with the various forms, and the different foreign admixtures, under which these bodies make their appearance. The knowledge of the combinations them- selves, their composition and chemical properties, belongs to chemistry; so that mineralogy, in a scientific point of view, may be considered as a part or appendage of chemistry. Chemistry, considered as an entire and perfect science, makes us acquainted with the elements, with all the combinations of which they are sus-
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