Wernerian
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Wernerian
Example Sentences
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The Huttonian and Wernerian systems and the Mosaic Geology, are here familiarly explained, and illustrative phenomena and recent discoveries glanced at in the progress of the conversations.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 343, November 29, 1828 by Various
It was, I believe, first described in a paper I sent to the Wernerian Society some time ago: the figure is less than the natural size.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
Edinburgh, Plinian Society, 13;Royal Medical Society, 14; Wernerian Society, 14; lectures on Geology and Zoology in, 14. ——, studies at, 11-15.
From Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters by Darwin, Charles
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 Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)
The Wernerian system is very beautiful, ingenious, and plausible, and I would almost regret its demolition, unless it should be found to stand in the way of truth.
From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
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