August 27th
Detail of the “Table of mineral classification”. In Figueirôa, Silvia Fernanda de Mendonça. The “Table of mineral classification” by Oscar Nerval de Gouvêa: mineralogy and medicine in Brazil. História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos, 2021, v. 28, n. 2.
Oscar Nerval de Gouvêa was a scientist and teacher in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, whose work spanned engineering, medicine, the social sciences, and law.
The paper The “Table of mineral classification” by Oscar Nerval de Gouvêa: mineralogy and medicine in Brazil discusses a manuscript entitled “Table of mineral classification,” which he appended to his dissertation presented to the Faculty of Medicine in 1889.
Its author, Silvia Fernanda de Mendonça Figueirôa, Professor at Universidade Estadual de Campinas investigates the Table and explores its foundations and main features to obtain an understanding of mineralogy and its connections in Brazil at that time.
Various alternative mineral classification systems were proposed during the first half of the nineteenth century, given the lack of agreement on a single system.
This text was Gouvêa’s contribution to the various mineral classification systems which have emerged from different parts of the world.
Read in HCS-Manguinhos:
Figueirôa, Silvia Fernanda de Mendonça. The “Table of mineral classification” by Oscar Nerval de Gouvêa: mineralogy and medicine in Brazil. História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos, 2021, v. 28, n. 2.
A Brazilian Perspective in the History of Geology and Disasters Maria Margaret Lopes and Silvia Fernanda de Mendonça Figueirôa affirm that Brazil has been living under the impact of severe environmental, cultural, and political disasters for centuries.
Iron ore, economic geology and networks of experts between Wisconsin and the state of Minas Gerais, 1881-1914 Article by Georg Fischer
