Issue 13. The mineral wealth for the benefit of Russia
(Textbooks in geology and minerology in RNPLS&T’s collections
The late 19-th – early 20-th century became a significant period for geology as a discipline with new study vectors emerging, geological agencies being established, expeditions being commissioned. The higher schools contributed to this process through educating specialists and developing learning aids. The CD comprises such materials.
“The mineral wealth for the benefit of Russia” collection comprises 20 publications in several areas of geology (general geology, physical geology,, practical geology, geological engineering, historical geology , dynamic geology, minerology , structural geology, etc.), textbooks, lectures, and learning aids published in 1866—1940. The textbooks were written by many outstanding national authors: I. V. Mushketov, D. I. Mushketov, A. A. Inostrantsev, A. P. Pavlov, A. A. Borisyak, etc., and foreign scientists: Archibald Geikie, Sir Charles Lyell; Gustave Émile Haug , and Konrad Keilhack.
