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Useful Knowledge: 4th ed. Minerals. Vol 1 of 3
Frontispiece to Vol. I. see Page 237.
Comparative Height of Mountains, Cities and Lakes
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iUSEFUL KNOWLEDGE:
OR
A FAMILIAR ACCOUNT
OF THE
VARIOUS PRODUCTIONS
OF
Nature,
MINERAL, VEGETABLE, AND ANIMAL,
WHICH ARE CHIEFLY EMPLOYED FOR THE USE OF MAN.
Illustrated with numerous Figures, and intended as a Work both of Instruction and Reference.
BY THE
Rev. WILLIAM BINGLEY, AM. FLS.
LATE OF PETERHOUSE, CAMBRIDGE, AND AUTHOR OF ANIMAL BIOGRAPHY.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I. MINERALS.
FOURTH EDITION.
LONDON: PRINTED FOR BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY;
HARVEY AND DARTON;
AND C. AND J. RIVINGTON.
1825.
ii C. Baldwin, Printer,
New Bridge-street, London.
iii
PREFACE.
The mode in which instruction has hitherto beenconveyed, on the peculiar subjects of the presentwork, has
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