A Tract on Crystallography: Designed for the Use of Students in the University (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

W. H. Miller

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331970296 ISBN 13: 9781331970293

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

Synopsis

Excerpt from A Tract on Crystallography: Designed for the Use of Students in the University The following Tract contains an investigation of the general geometrical properties of the systems of planes by which crystals are bounded, and of the formulae for calculating their dihedral angles, indices and elements, given without demonstration in the last edition of Phillips' Mineralogy, or of equivalent expressions in a more convenient shape. To these have been added some theorems which appeared in the Philosophical Magazine for 1857, 1858, and 1859. The last two chapters contain concise investigations of the general properties of crystalline forms by the methods of ordinary and of analytical Geometry, These were suggested by a remarkable paper entitled Sulla legge di connessione delle forme cristalline di una stessa sostanza, by the Commendatore Quintino Sella (Nuovo Cimento, Vol. iv.). The Tract, therefore, besides containing all the theorems of Mathematical Crystallography usually required in calculating the angles of crystals, their elements, and the symbols of their faces, will form, it is hoped, a useful supplement to the Mineralogy, and also to the Crystallography published by the author in 1839. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1331970296
• ISBN 13: 9781331970293
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104