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		James Sowerby's British Mineralogy (1802–1817) (publicdomainreview.org)
		33 points by Petiver on March 8, 2022 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

billiam on March 8, 2022 | [–]

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.

lashloch on March 8, 2022 | [–]

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

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