Giovanni Arduino
Giovanni Arduino (Caprino Veronese, October 16, 1714 – Venice, March 21, 1795) was an Italian geologist who is known as the "Father of Italian Geology." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Arduino was a mining specialist who developed possibly the first classification of geological time, based on study of the geology of northern Italy. The first record of the classification may be a letter dated from 1759 — dates on the web vary. His classification used only a few periods: primitive (or primary), secondary and tertiary — some pages on the web add a fourth type, variously quaternary, volcanic or alluvial. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Caprino Veronese: Caprino Veronese is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 120 km west of Venice and about 25 km northwest of Verona.... October 16: October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). There are 76 days remaining.... Venice: Venice (Italian: Venezia), the "city of canals", is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, , population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). The city is included, with Padua (Padova), in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area, population 1,600,000. The city stretches across ... Giovanni Arduino related Images and Photos (experimental) | ~ Table of Content ~
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