An Essay Towards a System of Mineralogy. by Axel Frederic Cronstedt, Translated from the Original Swedish, with Annotations, and an Additional Treatise on the Blow-Pipe. Volume 1 of 2

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revol...