Mineralogia cornubiensis : a treatise on minerals, mines, and mining / by W. Pryce.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pryce, William, d.1790
Language:English
Published: London : Printed and sold for the author, by James Phillips, George-Yard, Lombard-Street. Sold also by B. White, Fleet-Street; and J. Robson, New Bond-Street, 1778.
Collection:Later additions
Content Notes and Catalogue Entries:
  • Entry in cat. under Nature.
  • Entry in cat. under Metalla, mineralia et fossilia.
  • Contents: the theory and natural history of strata, fissures, and lodes.
  • Contents: the methods of discovering and working tin, copper, and lead mines, and of cleansing and metalizing their products.
  • Contents: each particular process for dressing, assaying, and smelting ores.
  • Contents: an explanation of the terms and idioms of miners.