A Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on Mineralogy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108002011)

John Stevens Henslow (1796-1861), a student of Adam Sedgwick, became Professor of Mineralogy at Cambridge in 1822. He soon moved to a chair in Botany, and became a teacher and mentor to Charles Darwin. This book on mineralogy was first published in 1823. It was intended to save time in class by providing an easily accessible reference to the composition of various minerals according to the principles of atomic theory, which was then entering the scientific mainstream. In that paradigm, analysis and examination of any mineral's composition involved first ascertaining the mineral's elementary molecules, both 'essential' and 'accidental', and second, determining the proportions in which the essential ingredients combined to form the integrant molecule of the mineral. Henslow's book will interest historians of science tracing the development of atomic theory, and those working more broadly in the history of university education and the intellectual climate of the nineteenth century.

Author: John Stevens Henslow
ISBN-10: 1108002013
ISBN-13: 9781108002011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/20/2009
Pages: 148
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.34d