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March 9, 1908. Henry Clifton Sorby died.—Sorby came of an old Sheffield family of cutlers. He was of independent means. Devoting himself to scientific investigations, he became known among geologists as the father of microscopical petrology, while his microscopic study of iron and steel opened out a field of research of immense importance to the metallurgist.
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S., E. Calendar of Industrial Pioneers. Nature 109, 325 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109325b0
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