APPENDIX 



Under the patronage of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec,* 



WILL BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY, 



A TABULAR VIEW OF METALLIC MINERALS, 



COMPILED FROM THE BEST AND LATEST AUTHORITIES ; 



COMPRISING A COMPLETE SET OF SYNOPTICAL TABLES, 



IN WHICH ALONE 



THOSE CHARACTERS MOST OBVIOUS TO THE MERE BEGINNER ARE 



RENDERED PROMINENT AND MADE TO LEAD HIM, BY 



AN EASY PATH, TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE 



NAME, CHARACTERS, USES, &c. &c. 



OF THAT 

 IMPORTANT CLASS OF MINERAL SUBSTANCES 



USUALLY DENOMINATED 



METALLIC, 



From which the Arts, Sciences, Manufactures and Commerce, 



derive, directly or indirectly, their greatest aid. 



BY FREDERIC H. BADDELEY, 



LIEUT. ROTAL ENGINEERS, MEMBER OF THE LITERART AND HISTORICAI. 



SOCIETY OF QUEBEC, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MONTREAL. 



" On pent etre Utile sans eteindre a la perfection." — Saussure. 



* To this Society,'the above work was originally presented, and had the honor to 

 experience a most flattering reception, having been ordered to be published in its 

 Transactions, but as it did not meet the views of that body to publish immediately, 

 and the Compiler was, for obvious reasons, desirous of doing so; permission, couched 

 in the most complimentary terms, was given by the Council, to withdraw the paper 

 and publish it under the Society's auspices. 



The first impressions of this work will be published by subscription, and all monies 

 received on its account, over and above the cost of publishing it, will be appropri- 

 ated towards the support of the Orphan's Asylum of Quebec. This is not intended 

 as a parade of philanthropy ; its object being rather to promote the circulation of 

 the work, (and perhaps to secure it from severe criticism,) than to cover its author 



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