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Throughout the nineteenth century, Britain remained hungry for
minerals to fuel her industrial and economic growth. Archibald
Liversidge (1846-1927) found his knowledge and research to be in
high demand. He had studied at the Royal College of Chemistry, and
then obtained an exhibition to Cambridge, where he founded the
Cambridge University Natural Sciences Club. At just twenty-seven
years old Liversidge was appointed Reader in Geology at the
University of Sydney, where he revolutionized the study of minerals
and their potential applications. First published in 1876, and
reprinted here from the enlarged, third edition of 1888, his
chemical audit of the minerals of New South Wales became a key text
for students of this field. Divided into two sections that address
metallic and non-metallic minerals in turn, and incorporating a
detailed map and substantial appendix, this work is of enduring
interest and importance to geologists, chemists and historians of
science.
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Title: The Minerals of New South Wales ... Second
edition.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GEOLOGY
collection includes books from the British Library digitised by
Microsoft. The works in this collection contain a number of maps,
charts, and tables from the 16th to the 19th centuries documenting
geological features of the natural world. Also contained are
textbooks and early scientific studies that catalogue and chronicle
the human stance toward water and land use. Readers will further
enjoy early historical maps of rivers and shorelines demonstrating
the artistry of journeymen, cartographers, and illustrators.
++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++ British Library Liversidge, Archibald; 1882. 137 xiii. p.; 4 .
07108.k.21.
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