Mineralogy : an introduction to the scientific study of minerals, with two coloured plates and 716 illustrations in the text. [Minerology][crystalline properties of minerals; Geometrical properties; regular conjunction of crystals; Vicinal faces; measurement of crystals; Some physical properties characteristic of crystals; optical properties of crystals; On determination of optical properties by means of microscope & goniometer; On optical properties of twinned & pseudo-symmetric crystals; general properties of minerals; Physical properties; chemical properties; relations between properties of minerals; description & determination of minerals; Descriptive terms; determination of minerals; Description of more important mineral species]

Miers, Henry Alexander, Sir, 1858-1942. [assoc: Joseph Parker Wintringham, 1852-1926]

Published by London ; New York : Macmillan and Co., limited, 1902., 1902

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[1st edition] ; xvii, 584, [1] p. illustrated, color plates, tables, diagrams ; 23 cm. ; green cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket, as issued ; LCCN: 03-7075 ; OCLC: 3562921 ; LC: QE363; Dewey: 549 ; Contents: Properties of minerals -- The crystalline properties of minerals -- Geometrical properties -- The regular conjunction of crystals -- Vicinal faces -- The measurement of crystals -- Some physical properties characteristic of crystals -- The optical properties of crystals -- On the determination of optical properties by means of the microscope and goniometer -- On the optical properties of twinned and pseudo-symmetric crystals -- The general properties of minerals -- Physical properties -- The chemical properties -- The relations between the properties of minerals -- The description and determination of minerals -- Descriptive terms -- The determination of minerals -- Description of the more important mineral species -- The elements -- The haloids -- The monosulphides -- The disulphides -- The sesqui-sulphides -- The sulpho-ferrites -- The sulphantimonites -- The monoxides -- The sesqui-oxides -- The dioxides -- The aluminates -- The borates -- The carbonates -- Silicates of divalent metals -- Silcates and Titanates of divalent metals -- The silicates of aluminum -- The alkaline silcates -- The felspar group -- Silicates containing halogens -- The zeolites -- Silicates containing water of constitution -- The phosphates -- The sulphates -- The tungstates, niobates and nitrates -- Tables. ; Sir Henry Alexander Miers (1858-1942) was a British mineralogist, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford, and later elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1896, and was Waynflete Professor of Mineralogy at Oxford and a fellow of Magdalen College ; association copy of the New York mineralogist, Joseph Parker Wintringham (1852-1926). Born in Brooklyn, he attended Juvenile High School and Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn. At 16 years, he attempted to enter the School of Mines at Columbia University, but was denied admission until he became 18. He meanwhile took employment in the cutlery industry shortly thereafter in 1869, and subsequently, his life took quite a different direction, and he became a well-established New York stock broker, from which profession he retired forty years later, in 1909. He nonetheless continued his very great interest in mineralogy, becoming a charter member of the Mineralogical Society of America, and was elected a Fellow of that Society in 1925. He was also a member of the New York Mineralogical Club, the New York Academy of Sciences, the New York Microscopical Society, the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences , as well as a member of the Electrical Engineers, and the American Mathematical Society. He contributed to the study of the optical properties of minerals and was described as possessing a very clear and logical mind, but with "a kindly and sympathetic disposition, and those who knew him [felt] a deep personal sorrow in his death," which occurred on July 17, 1926 in Oakland, New Jersey ; foxing ; front hinge a triffle shaken ; with the two chromolithographed color plates present at back ; s ome notes by Wintringham ; an inscription to Wintringham from "Anna E., [on] Christmas 1913" on the front endpaper ; VG.

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• Title: Mineralogy : an introduction to the scientific study of minerals, with two coloured plates and 716 illustrations in the text. [Minerology][crystalline properties of minerals; Geometrical properties; regular conjunction of crystals; Vicinal faces; measurement of crystals; Some physical properties characteristic of crystals; optical properties of crystals; On determination of optical properties by means of microscope & goniometer; On optical properties of twinned & pseudo-symmetric crystals; ...
• Publisher: London ; New York : Macmillan and Co., limited, 1902.
• Publication Date: 1902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
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