The prodromus to a dissertation concerning solids naturally contained within solids. Laying a foundation for the rendering a rational accompt both of the frame and the several changes of the masse of the Earth, as also of the various productions in the same / Englished by H[enry] O[ldenburg].

Nicolas Steno

Date:: 1671

Credit: The prodromus to a dissertation concerning solids naturally contained within solids. Laying a foundation for the rendering a rational accompt both of the frame and the several changes of the masse of the Earth, as also of the various productions in the same / Englished by H[enry] O[ldenburg]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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