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Archibald Liversidge, FRS imperial science under the Southern Cross /

When Archibald Liversidge first arrived at Sydney University in 1872 as reader in geology and assistant in the laboratory he had about ten students and two rooms in the main building. In 1874 he became professor of geology and mineralogy and by 1879 he had persuaded the senate to open a faculty of s...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: MacLeod, Roy M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sydney : Royal Society of New South Wales : Sydney University Press, ©2009.
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Sumario:When Archibald Liversidge first arrived at Sydney University in 1872 as reader in geology and assistant in the laboratory he had about ten students and two rooms in the main building. In 1874 he became professor of geology and mineralogy and by 1879 he had persuaded the senate to open a faculty of science. He became its first dean in 1882. Liversidge also played a major role in the setting up of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science which held its first congress in 1888. For anyone interested in Archibald Liversidge, his contribution to crystallography, mineral chemistry,
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9781743321324
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