An E S S A Y TOWARDS A SYSTEM of MINERALOGY. By AXEL FREDERIC CR.ONSTEDT, MINE-MASTER OR SUPERINTENDANT OF MINES IN SWEDEN. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL SWEDISH, WITH ANNOTATIONS, AND AN ADDITIONAL TREATISE ON THE BLOW-PIPE. By GUSTAV VON ENGESTROM, COUNSELLOR OF THE COLLEGE OF MINES IN SWEDEN. THE SECOND EDITION, GREATLY ENLARGED and improved, by the ADDITION OF THE MODERN DISCOVERIES ; AND BY A NEW ARRANGEMENT OF THE ARTICLES By JOHN HYACINTH de MAGELLAN, TALABRICO-LUSIT ANUS, ET REG. SOC. LONDIN. ACADE- MIARUM IMP.SCIENTI AR. PETROPOLIT. ET BRUXELL. REG. ULISIPON. MADRIT. ET BEROLIN. SOCIET. PHILOS. PHILADEL. HARL. ET MANCHEST. SOCIUS ; tT ACAD. REG. PARIS. SCIENTIAR.CORRESPONDENS. JN TWO VOLUMES. y o L. II. LONDON,' Printed for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry.' M DCC LXXXVIII. A'/tir