Notes on Mineralogy: Designed for Use in the English High School, Boston (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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Science is classified knowledge, and is generally applied to external nature. It is divided into Natural and Physical Science.

Natural Science considers the external form and the internal structure of bodies.

Physical Science treats only of the matter of which these bodies are made up.

Geology, Mineralogy, Botany and Zoology should therefore be classed as Natural Sciences or departments of Natural History.

Physics and Chemistry, which treat of matter in reference to its molecular and atomic changes, as weight, hardness, color, combustibility, are Physical Sciences.

We give the following definitions from Prof. Niles, as containing much in few words: -

A body is anything we can see or feel.

Art is man's power to form.

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