Werner
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Examples
- Sediment ary rocks, like old red sandstone, and, according to Werner, basa lt, are in a third class. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Werner Siemens, at Berlin, in 1879, an illustration of which is given in Fig. 33. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Before Werner had begun his teaching career at Freiberg, Desmarest, the French geologist, had made a special study of the basalts of Auvergne. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Moreover, the same order of superposition was constant among the strata, as Werner, of whom Smith knew nothing, had indeed taugh t. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In 1769 Werner was invited to attend the newly founded Bergakademie (School of Mines) at Freiberg. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Werner was an eloquent, systematic teacher with great charm of manner. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Werner considered all rocks as having originated by crystallization, either chemical or mechanical, from an aqueous solut ion--a universal primitive ocean. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Werner's father was an overseer of iron-works, and furnished his son with mineral specimens as playthings before the chil d could pronounce their names. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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