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Anton-Lazzaro Moro
(1687 - 3 Apr 1764)
Italian geologist who suggested that islands and continents had been raised up from the bottom of the sea, by the force of volcanic fire.
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Science Quotes by Anton-Lazzaro Moro (1 quote)
I want to note that, because there is the aforementioned difference between mountain and mountain, it will be appropriate, to avoid confusion, to distinguish one [type] from another by different terms; so I shall call the first Primary and the second Secondary.
— Anton-Lazzaro Moro
From De’ Crostacei e degli altri Marini Corpi che si truovano su’ monti (1740), 263, as translated by Ezio Vaccari, from the original Italian, “Qui sol piacemi notare, che, giacchè tra monti e monti v’è l'accennata differenza, farà bene, per ischifar la confusione , distinguere gli uni dagli altri con differenti vocaboli; e perciò i primi Primarie, i secondi Secondarie monti per me si appelleranno.”
See also:
- 3 Apr - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Moro's death.