Abstract
The text-books of Mineralogy written for English readers are so extremely small in number that the publication of a new one may be almost looked upon as an epoch in the history of the science. The text-books already in existence are in many respects very unsatisfactory, and in general character fall far below the standard of those of France and Germany. The symbols adopted in them for the faces of crystals are generally those of Naumann, whilst the simple and elegant symbols of Miller, if mentioned at all, seem to be regarded as intended for ornament rather than for use. As for the advances made by theoretic crystallography during the last quarter of a century, no account, save that to be found in the excellent little work of Mr. Gurney, has yet been offered to the English student.
Text-Book of Systematic Mineralogy.
By Hilary Bauerman, Associate of the Royal School of Mines. (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1881.)
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FLETCHER, L. Text-Book of Systematic Mineralogy . Nature 25, 49–50 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/025049a0
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