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Book VII. The Subterranean World (1678 ed.) by Athanasius Kircher, S.J. (1602-1680) Book VII. On minerals or fossils. Concerning a proper understanding of the earthly element, its nature, property, use, and the perennial geocosm, which undergoes pericycle and revolution through their change. Section I. On terrestrial substances, including sandy bodies…
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