Project Gutenberg 2005-09-18 Public domain in the USA. 133 Keferstein, Christian 1784 1866 Mineralogia Polyglotta Reading ease score: 47.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. E-text prepared by David Starner, Robert Kropf, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Mineralogia Polyglotta" by Christian Keferstein is a scientific publication written in the mid-19th century. This work delves into the study of minerals, gems, and related stones, with a significant focus on their terminology in various languages, highlighting the intricate connections between mineralogy and linguistics. The book examines a wide array of natural substances, including precious stones and their properties, which could be of great interest to both gemologists and linguists. The opening of the text introduces the reader to the classifications of minerals and their names in multiple languages. It begins with the section on "Allgemeine Namen" (General Names), where Keferstein outlines various terms for minerals, fossils, earth, and stones from different linguistic backgrounds such as Sanskrit, Chinese, and Arabic. This multilingual approach sets the stage for a comprehensive exploration of mineralogy across cultures, emphasizing both the scientific details and the etymological richness inherent in the study of these natural treasures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) de Mineralogy QD QE Text German Language Books Geology DE Sachbuch Browsing: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Browsing: Science - General 836353 836209 2024-10-07T12:00:16.730887 2023-09-07T12:10:16.647487 text/html text/html 900766 2020-12-12T13:53:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 249572 2020-12-12T13:53:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 341277 2024-10-07T12:00:34.345284 application/epub+zip 349022 2024-10-07T12:00:21.319348 application/epub+zip 337562 2024-10-07T12:00:19.312865 application/epub+zip 705426 2024-10-07T12:00:42.453283 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 618389 2024-10-07T12:00:32.544316 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 570435 2022-09-08T07:09:03.022011 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 607172 607079 2024-10-07T12:00:13.299920 2023-09-07T12:10:13.325462 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 601178 2020-12-12T13:53:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 217906 2020-12-12T13:53:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20151 2024-10-07T12:00:42.604246 application/rdf+xml 14448 2024-10-07T12:00:19.977375 image/jpeg 3927 2024-10-07T12:00:19.643364 image/jpeg 320130 2024-10-07T12:00:16.785861 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog sv.wikipedia