<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>First Polish textbooks on mineralogy, published between 1780s-1820s mostly in Vilna, are presented and their contents briefly discussed. Authors of these textbooks, lecturing at the Vilna University, being A. G. Werner's students, played an important role in propagating most recent ideas in mineralogy and related sciences. They were also the authors of pioneer Polish mineralogical nomenclature, which corresponded to the internationally recognised terms.</p></abstract>

First Polish textbooks on mineralogy, published between 1780s-1820s mostly in Vilna, are presented and their contents briefly discussed. Authors of these textbooks, lecturing at the Vilna University, being A. G. Werner's students, played an important role in propagating most recent ideas in mineralogy and related sciences. They were also the authors of pioneer Polish mineralogical nomenclature, which corresponded to the internationally recognised terms.

First Polish textbooks on mineralogy

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First Polish textbooks on mineralogy, published between 1780s-1820s mostly in Vilna, are presented and their contents briefly discussed. Authors of these...

First Polish textbooks on mineralogy

Published Online: May 04, 2010

Page range: 31 - 42

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10002-009-0006-z

Keywords
textbooks on mineralogy, history of mineralogy in Poland

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First Polish textbooks on mineralogy

Published Online: May 04, 2010

Page range: 31 - 42

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10002-009-0006-z

Keywordstextbooks on mineralogy, history of mineralogy in Poland

This content is open access.

Keywords
textbooks on mineralogy, history of mineralogy in Poland