“矿物”词源考略

Textural Research of she Origin of the word "Mineral"

文本汇集了古今中外资料,追溯“矿物”一词在东西方的起源,讨论了西文“矿物”东渐中国的时间及词义的演进,从一个侧面揭示了我国近现代矿物学的发展。

Collecting all the relevant data,at tome and abroad,ancient and modern,this article traced lack the origin of t e word"mineral"in eastern and westren languages and discussed the time w en this word was in troduced to china and the develo ment of t e meaning of it. thus showing the history of moden mineralogy of China in one asnect.