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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/4272| Title: | The venerable Nikolai Steno and Malta |
| Authors: | Sorensen, Sven |
| Keywords: | Steno, Nicolaus, 1638-1686 Geology -- Malta Malta -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 Geology -- Early works to 1800 |
| Issue Date: | 1969 |
| Publisher: | Odense University Press |
| Citation: | Steno : geological papers / edited by Gustav Scherz ; translation by Alex J. Pollock. [Odense, Denmark] Odense University Press, 1969. p. 1-3 |
| Abstract: | Nicolaus Steno was particularly interested in the so-called glossopetrae or tongue-stones, some of which from Malta's soil had found their way into the scientific collections of princes and scholars, but whose nature and origin were at the time not understood. Steno was one of the first to realise that they were fossil shark's teeth, and this discovery contributed to one of his great achievements: the laying of the foundations for the modern science of Geology. |
| Description: | Typescript Facsimiles retrieved from: Steno : geological papers / edited by Gustav Scherz ; translation by Alex J. Pollock. [Odense, Denmark] Odense University Press, 1969. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/4272 |
| Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCSciGeo |
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