Collection of offprints : 1. Researches in British Mineralogy. From the Philosophical Magazine. Taylor and Francis. London. 1867. pp. (ii), 26. 2. On Some Points in Chemical Geology. Chemical News. 1867. pp. 8. 3. On Some Points in Chemical Geology. II. On Dr. Sterry Hunt's Chemical Geology. Chemical News. 1868. pp. 8. 4. Researches in British Mineralogy. III. Native Gold. From the Philosophical Magazine. 1869. pp. 12. 5. The Structure of Rock Masses (Foliation and Striation). Popular Science Review. Vol.X, No. XL. 1870. pp. 229-240. Coloured plate, 4 figures. 6. Ibid. (Stratification, Joints, Cleavage). Popular Science Review. Spottiswoode. London. 1870. pp. 16. Coloured plate. 7. On Meteorites. A Lecture Delivered at St. George's Hall (Li

FORBES, David.

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All stitched into plain paper wrappers, occasional mark on the covers, otherwise in very good condition with unsigned author's presentation inscription in one item. *David Forbes (1828-1876) was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, the brother of Edward Forbes, and received his early education there and at Brentwood in Essex. He sudied chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, and was appointed superintendent of the mining and metallurgical works at Espedal in Norway. Subsequently, he became a partner in the firm of Evans & Askin, nickel-smelters, of Birmingham, and in that capacity during the years 1857-1860 he visited Chile, Bolivia and Peru. Besides reports for the Iron and Steel Institute, of which, during the last years of his life, he was foreign secretary, he wrote upwards of 50 papers on scientific subjects, including: The Action of Sulphurets on Metallic Silicates at High Temperatures; The Relations of the Silurian and Metamorphic Rocks of the south of Norway; The Causes producing Foliation in Rocks; The Chemical Composition of the Silurian and Cambrian Limestones; The Geology of Bolivia and Southern Peru and The Mineralogy of Chile. His observations on the geology of South America were given in a masterly essay, and these and subsequent researches threw much light on igneous and metamorphic phenomena and on the resulting changes in rock formations. He also contributed important articles on chemical geology to the Chemical News and Geological Magazine (1867 and 1868). In England he was a pioneer in microscopic petrology. He was elected F.R.S. in 1858. He died in London and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London. His collection of books and mineralogical specimens were bought by Owens College, Manchester: the books have remained in the library (now the John Rylands University Library) and the specimens in the Manchester Museum. Seller Inventory # 65266

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