USEFUL KNOWLEDGE: 
OR 
A FAMILIAR ACCOUNT 
OF THE 
VARIOUS PRODUCTIONS 
OF 
MINERAL, VEGETABLE, AND ANIMAL, 
WHICH ARE^ CHIEFJLY EMPLOYED FOR THE USE OF MAN. 
Illustrated with numerous Figures^ and intended as a Work 
both of Instruction and Referejice. 
BY THE 
REV. WILLIAM BINGLEY, AM. FLS. 
LATE OF PETERHOUSE, CAMBRIDGE, AND AUTHOR OF 
ANIMAL BIOGRAPHY. 
IN THREE VOLUMES. 
VOL. I. MINERALS. 
FOURTH EDITION. 
I ON DON ! PR[XTED FOR BA.LDWX, CRADOCK, AND JOT '; 
HARVEY A\D DARTO3V; 
AND C. A!fD J. RIVIXGTON. 
1825. 
