British scientist, founder of microscopical petrology and metallography (1826–1908)

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Obituary [of Henry Clifton Sorby] / by J.W. Judd.

The first microscope of Henry Clifton Sorby / R.H. Nuttall.

Dr. H. Clifton Sorby, F.R.S. etc : with list of papers and monographs.

A very scientific gentleman : the major achievements of Henry Clifton Sorby / by Norman Higham ; with a foreword by Cyril Stanley Smith.

Sorby on geology : a collection of papers from 1853-1906 / by Henry Clifton Sorby ; edited by Charles H. Summerson ; retyped and redrawn by Helen Jones.

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Henry Clifton Sorby

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Sorby on geology : a collection of papers from 1853-1906 / by Henry Clifton Sorby ; edited by Charles H. Summerson ; retyped and redrawn by Helen Jones.