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33cm
actual image size: 25cm x 32cm
Description
Henry Clifton Sorby (1826-1908) was the developer of the petrological thin section technique. This allowed rocks to be examined under the microscope and the constituent minerals to be examined in transmitted light. Sorby also discovered the crystalline structure of steel.
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