Wernerian
Americanadjective
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Origin of Wernerian
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He was made a member of the Wernerian Natural History Society, and of the Royal Society.
From Famous Men of Science by Sarah K. Bolton
The former has bequeathed an extensive museum of mineralogy to the Academy, which has been gratefully named after its founder, the Wernerian Museum.
From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by William Duthie
Wilkin was a Fellow of the Linnean Society, also a Member of the Wernerian Society of Edinburgh.
From Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes by Sir Thomas Browne
But not a few controversial questions were dealt with, and the famous 'metamorphic theory' was advanced in opposition to the Wernerian hypothesis of 'primitive formations.'
From The Coming of Evolution The Story of a Great Revolution in Science by John W.
Greenough, the actual founder of the Society, was an ardent Wernerian, and nearly all his fellow-workers had come, more or less directly, under the Wernerian teaching.
From Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward
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