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RefNoEC/1857/13
Previous numbersCert IX, 398; A56832
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TitleSorby, Henry Clifton: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationAuthor 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 & chemical constitution of rocks. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of Geology.
ProposersFrom General Knowledge. Thos H Huxley.
From Personal Knowledge. Joseph E Portlock; Cha Lyell; Rod I Murchison; Andw C Ramsay; Leonard Horner; Charles Darwin; Robert Hunt; J Beete Jukes; D T Ansted; E W Brayley;
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Sorby, Henry Clifton: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA715Sorby; Henry Clifton (1826 - 1908)1826 - 1908
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