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Webster 1913 Edition


Wernerian

Wer-ne′ri-an

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Adj.
Of or pertaining to A. G.
Werner
, The German mineralogist and geologist, who classified minerals according to their external characters, and advocated the theory that the strata of the earth’s crust were formed by depositions from water; designating, or according to, Werner's system.

Webster 1828 Edition


Wernerian

WERNERIAN

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Adj.
Pertaining to Werner, the German mineralogist, who arranged minerals in classes, &c. according to their external characters.