Projekt: Bestände der Universitätsbibliothek Freiberg
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Vermutlich fehlt das Vortitelblatt. Paginierungsfehler: Nach S. 208 wird die Paginierung mit S. 203 fortgesetzt. S. 203 handschriftlich in S. 209 korrigiert.
ranged, descriptions founded on the characters; And, for the sake of greater clearness and precision, I have illustrated the whole by examples^ I have also added a concise history of the External Characters, in which those Minera- r logists alone are noticed, whose works, in relation to them, are remarkable in one point or another. It will be found that I have considered Mineralogy in several points very differently from the usual practice j whether justly, I leave to the impartial decision of intelligent and discerning Mineralogists, particularly as I conceive my reasons sufficiently detailed. I shall rejoice and deem my labour rewarded, should my small work be honoured with a full enquiry ; or should I be refuted on good grounds, where I have erred in departing from generally received opinions ; or where I have ' proved