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Henry Clifton Sorby

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

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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.

    | Henry Clifton Sorby | Date: 1978

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

    | Judd, J. W. | Date: 1908
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    Dr. H. Clifton Sorby, F.R.S. etc : with list of papers and monographs.

    | Date: 1906
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    A very scientific gentleman : the major achievements of Henry Clifton Sorby / by Norman Higham ; with a foreword by Cyril Stanley Smith.

    | Higham, Norman | Date: 1963

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