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of the Royal Society and the Geological Society, London. The 

 title-page of the edition in the Geological Society shows that Beau- 

 mont based his work on the Leyden edition of 1679. It is, however, 

 a summary rather than a translation, emphasizing chiefly the section 

 dealing with the origin of mountains. 



4. Nicolaus Steno Fore lf( big Meddelelse Til en A/handling Om 

 Paste Legemer, Der Findes Naturlig Indlejrede I Andre Faste Lege- 

 mer I Overscettelse Ved August Krogh Og Vilhelm Maar Med 

 Indledning Og Noter, K^benhavn, MCMII. Gyldendalske Bog- 

 handels Forlag Langkjaers Bogtrykkeri. 



This is a quarto volume containing a portrait of Steno, an Intro- 

 duction, pp. i-xii, the Translation, pp. 3-89, the Explanation of 

 Figures, pp. 91-93, and a half-sized reproduction of the original 

 plate. The attestations are given on page 97, not numbered, and page 

 98. Pages 101-106 contain notes. The edition is limited to 700 

 numbered copies. 



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Chereau, Article Sthton in Dictionnaire Encyclopedique des Sci- 

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Eloy, N., Dictionnaire Historique de la Medicine, Tome Second, 

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Fabronius, A., Vitce Italorum Doctrina Excellentium Qui Saeculis 

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Geikie, A., The Founders of Geology (2d ed., London, 1905), 

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Hughes, T. M., Steno, in Nature, Vol. 25 (1882), pp. 484-486. 



