Compendium of the Natural and Civil History of Chile

the present day it is the most generally followed;
for despite the great esteem that I
profess for his wisdom, I cannot fail to
say that his most ingenious nomenclature nomenclature: the system of names or terms used in a particular branch of learning
displeases me in many very essential
points, and that with greater pleasure
of mine I would have followed Waller original: "Waller". Johan Gottschalk Wallerius (1709–1785) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist who developed an influential system of mineral classification. or Bomare original: "Bomare". Jacques-Christophe Valmont de Bomare (1731–1807) was a French naturalist and author of a famous dictionary of natural history.
in mineralogy, the great Tournefort original: "Tournefort". Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656–1708) was a pioneering French botanist who first clearly defined the concept of the "genus" for plants.
in botany, and Brisson original: "Brisson". Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723–1806) was a French zoologist and physicist known for his systematic works on birds and mammals. in
zoology, because they seem to me easier
and more suited to common
understanding.

For this very reason, I have used sparingly
technical or professional terms
in the descriptions, which I want to be
understood by those persons who are
not initiated in the study of
natural history; and when it has been
necessary for me to use them with some frequency,
I have placed them at the bottom of the page,
accompanying them with the English phrases or definitions
original: "frases ó definiciones latinas". The author provided scientific descriptions in Latin at the foot of his pages; these have been translated into English for this edition.
of the new species that I report
and describe: although not forget-
ting the brevity I have proposed to
follow, I have restricted myself to explaining only-