James Sowerby's British Mineralogy (1802–1817)(publicdomainreview.org)

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James Sowerby's British Mineralogy (1802–1817)

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/sowerby-mineralogy/

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billiam4 jaar geleden

Geology excels at one thing: showing how huge numbers of observations and descriptions can build a body of scientific knowledge and theory, even in the absence of fundamental tools.

lashloch4 jaar geleden

What beautiful illustrations. I will be looking through this all day.