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Author of various papers on Slaty Cleavage; on the peculiarities of stratification due to the action of currents & their application to the investigation of the Physical Geography of ancient periods; on the microscopical structure of limestones and other peculiarities of the physical &
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have Sorby Medals named in honour of his achievements in geology. The Henry Clifton Sorby Award is offered by the International Metallographic Society in recognition of lifetime achievement in metallurgy. The
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in 1869, and became its president. In his presidential addresses, Sorby gave the results of original research on the structure and origin of
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in 1856, for mass-production of steel. Due to this accomplishment, Sorby is known to modern metallurgists as the "father of
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in the study of matter colouring marine animals and vegetable. He also applied his skill in making preparations of marine
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using a microscope. In the frame of an ardent debate on the origin and mechanism of the slatey cleavage with the
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animals for lantern slides. Furthermore, he once estimated "one cubic thousandth of an inch of water to contain
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Sorby was one of the first to understand the role and the importance of microscopic processes to explain
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In the summer of 1876 at South Kensington, he gave a lecture to science teachers on microscopes.
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has a chair of geology/physical geology named after him and the Sorby Natural History Society
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chemical constitution of rocks. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of Geology
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The contribution of Henry Clifton Sorby (1826—1908) to mineral science and technology
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Sorby, H. C. (August 1856). "XVIII. On the theory of the origin of slaty cleavage".
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The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science
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The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science
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His interests were broad. After buying a yacht, "The Glimpse", he also studied
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is named after Sorby. The area in which the society operates (north East
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with microscopes. This paved the way for the mass production of steel.
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British scientist, founder of microscopical petrology and metallography
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Sorby Medal, or Award, attributed by different scientific societies:
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in 1874. In 1892, Sorby was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the
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Henry Clifton Sorby. Portrait in Mappin Hall, University of Sheffield
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system on the Moon is named after him. There is also a wing at the
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in 1856 for scientific reasons, Sorby devised a quote now famous:
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Biographical material, Sorby Natural History Society, Sheffield
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He died in Sheffield and was buried in Ecclesall churchyard.
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H. Clifton Sorby Award, International Metallographic Society
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on the Direct Correlation of mechanical and Chemical Forces
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Sorby Medal, International Association of Sedimentologists
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Mountains must indeed be examined with the microscope
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He took up the study of rocks and minerals under the
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Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Index


Sheffield
Wollaston Medal
Royal Medal
microscopist
geologist
iron
steel
Sheffield
Yorkshire
Sheffield Collegiate School
natural science
Yorkshire
physical geography
geological periods
slaty
cleavage
microscope
petrography
Wollaston medal
Geological Society of London
limestones
stratified
Victorian years
cleavage
slates
Irish
John Tyndall
Golden age of alpinism
Alps mountains

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